Children’s use of pseudoephedrine
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Children younger than 2 years old are often given pseudoephedrine products, according to a study in the Dec. 1 Pediatrics journal. Researchers with the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University found 214 out of 4,267 children under the age of 17 surveyed between 1999 and 2006 took pseudoephedrine products - mostly in the form of multiple-ingredient liquids (58.9 percent) and multiple-ingredient tablets (24.7 percent). Use has declined since the institution of the 2005 Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, researchers add