...commonly medicines are used, news that they could be dangerous came as a surprise to many parents, who assumed that they must be safe if they're available without a prescription. what is going on?

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Last spring, health officials reported that over 1,500 infants and toddlers wound up in emergency rooms during a two year period because of side effects blamed on these medicines. These problems were greatest in children under two years of age, where too much medicine seemed...

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