infant medicine/being pulled

some brands of infant medicines are being pulled off the shelves for possible links to heart and lungs conditions.

what are your thoughts on this?
do you think the medicines are the cause for the conditions?
or are the parents the cause of the conditions, by not giving the proper amount?

Hmm. It could be both, i don't know. The parents could be giving too much or too little which could cause problems. I personally think that if it has got to the point where they are pulling them off the shelves, there could be something wrong with the medicine itself.
I don't know though.

I'd have to say, either the medicine is the thing to blame and there is something wrong with it, OR the parents are probably the ones to blame, by possibly giving them to much like the person above said, but at least they are taking it off the selfs just in case.

My brother, and many other children, have been affected by infact medication. Autism. Many people believe that the whole case against it is a sham, but then how is it that our family had a perfectly normal baby one day and an autistic one the next?

its a possible link to diseases. but the thing that jumped out and slapped me in the face was that none of the infant medicines where proven safe. so why would they put something in stores that could be very dangerous in the first place, since its not proven?

i have to say there may be something wrong with the medicine, but i took it as a infant and theres nothing wrong with me. my disease was given to me sometime earlier this year by another person

Girl next door:

its a possible link to diseases. but the thing that jumped out and slapped me in the face was that none of the infant medicines where proven safe. so why would they put something in stores that could be very dangerous in the first place, since its not proven?

Exactly.
If there's any hint of danger with it, it shouldn't be sold.

Especially to infants.

WHen I had my first child (she only just turned 3) the Dr's would tell me to give her Tylenol for everything. Like if she was fussy or to anticipate pain from shots. I actually felt like a bad Mom because I would rarely do it. I guess something deep down was telling me it's NOT ok to dose your child at every sign of discomfort. I am not a homeopathic type person, but if little kids cannot really tell you what is wrong, why is it ok to drug them up all the time. Maybe they are just tired or hungry instead of in pain? There have only been a handful of times when my kids have gotten over the counter meds, and even less for prescribed ones. I really don't take meds myself, so why would I put it into my children's systems?

Atchoo.:

I've never agreed with drugging up your kid every time they play up.

Just Tara, when you say you don't take meds - do you mean never ever?!

Yeah, I mean I've been in pain before and had brionchitos and stuff, but I am just not so many people I know that are popping pills at the first sign of a headache. Sometimes I just try to take it easy. Like, sometimes having a fever is a good thing, it's your body's own defense against whatever germ/virus/bacteria cannot survive in higher temps. This is kind of gross, but when people get diarrhea they automotically start taking some Pepto and stuff. Well, why? If you think about it, having to go to the bathroom all the time is your body's own natural way to try to get rid of whatever is in your system that made you sick in the first place... taking some meds will only prolong the problem.

Now, obviously there are certain times when you want to go to the Dr or even the hospital to get treated. But running there when you have nothing more than a cold is not really gonna do much good. Plus you will become immune to antibiotics and when the time comes that you really need them to work, you will be SOL.

^ that could be the case but there could also be something dangerous about the medicine that wasn't discovered when it was made. but its a POSSIBLE link the conditions, there might not be anything wrong with the medicine and the conditions came from something else.

i don't know what caused the problems but i do think that its kinda ridiculous to take it of the market over a possibility. they should just do more testing on it and find out for sure whats going on, or give the child a doctor prescription before declaring something because of a minor possibility.

its also ridiculous for someone to give a child these medicines if the illness isn't critical, like a simple cold they can get over themselves. if they have bronchitis of course the medicines should be used, but if its not serious its not worth drugging your child over.

p.4.a.w.:

Its the parents fault for
A. Giving their infants these medicines that have been proven that they don't wrork.
B. Giving their infants this!
and
C. Giving their kids to much.

The medicine is perfectly fine, its just the way people use it.

Oh gee, thanks.

Seriously, parents are almost never told the negative effsct of child medication. They are just urged to give their young ones shots and whatnot and as concered parents, they do it. Some children are also genetically prone to react the wrong way to different meds. It's really a screwball you can't stop or predict.

Just Tara:

Atchoo.:

I've never agreed with drugging up your kid every time they play up.

Just Tara, when you say you don't take meds - do you mean never ever?!

Yeah, I mean I've been in pain before and had brionchitos and stuff, but I am just not so many people I know that are popping pills at the first sign of a headache. Sometimes I just try to take it easy. Like, sometimes having a fever is a good thing, it's your body's own defense against whatever germ/virus/bacteria cannot survive in higher temps. This is kind of gross, but when people get diarrhea they automotically start taking some Pepto and stuff. Well, why? If you think about it, having to go to the bathroom all the time is your body's own natural way to try to get rid of whatever is in your system that made you sick in the first place... taking some meds will only prolong the problem.

Now, obviously there are certain times when you want to go to the Dr or even the hospital to get treated. But running there when you have nothing more than a cold is not really gonna do much good. Plus you will become immune to antibiotics and when the time comes that you really need them to work, you will be SOL.

I really admire that I do.
I have to take three types of medication every morning, but apart from that, I limit my medication intake.

I don't have a painkiller unless it's really bad or I need to concentrate at school or something.

And I'm allergic to most drugs anyway.

DIE! DIE! DIE!:

Oh gee, thanks.

Seriously, parents are almost never told the negative effsct of child medication. They are just urged to give their young ones shots and whatnot and as concered parents, they do it. Some children are also genetically prone to react the wrong way to different meds. It's really a screwball you can't stop or predict.

true.

it could be the medicine, it could be the amount, or it could be neither and was caused by something else. the thing is that we don't know what the cause is, but they're declaring something without looking further into it. if its the parents not giving the right amount (being they read it wrong, the makers didn't put the right amount on it themselves, there was typo, etc.) then they should put it, and the warning label(please give the proper amount for your child or this, this, and this will happen) in bigger letters. if there's a risk then they should make it a prescribed medicine for a serious illness, instead of a over the counter drug.

A lot of failing medication is shot related though. It's not like you can regulate that. It just happens, and has terrible side effects.

again true, but they still should go further into studies and finding out for sure whats going on.

and sorry, but what exactly are your views on the subject? i'm a little confused...

Yes they should.

My views? Not to blame the parents, and that medication for young ones, especially infacts, is very risky. I have a personal vendetta with drug companies who distribute the stuff given it affected my family so much.

i defietly say that it should be pulled. when your child is sick go to the doctors and get them medicine! but dont do the over the counter shit! it killed an innocent lil boy! its terrible! and its very sad that someone would have to deal with something like that! especially when its their first child! that would make me afraid to have another child! its a very sad thing!

and to miss DIE DIE DIE! she was told to give her kid that medicine by the doctor, so really you cant blame her for it! thats dumb! and the doctors are the ones that shold be to blame!