The reason the FDA did what they did was because some parents weren't following the directions and caused adverse reactions in their children and in some cases, death. These medicines work just fine if the directions are followed. We continued to use these medicines despite their warning because it was the only way to give our kids some relief so they could get the sleep they needed to get better. The FDA is a behemoth of bureaucracy that is mostly interested in CYA -- just another government agency trying to save us from ourselves.
So, are the medications still available, just not labeled for kids? I hate that the govt won’t even let parents raise their own kids anymore.
I told my daughter to go ahead and use the cold medicine. I told her to use the triaminic at half the dose that is recommended for four year olds. I recommended the triaminic because it was what I used when she was a little.
I figured that was the reason behind the FDA ruling because they even made a feature movie about it, the mother gave the kid cold medicine to put the child to sleep so she could go out. When she came home, the child was dead and she reported that the child had been kidnapped.
Sometimes relieving the symptoms is a necessary step in the cure.