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Renewed Warning on Baby Acetaminophen

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    (MedPage Today) -- The FDA is renewing a warning about the potential for dosing errors with liquid acetaminophen products for infants, which may have been compounded by the recent introduction of a new 160 mg/5 mL strength...

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    Default Re: Renewed Warning on Baby Acetaminophen

    it's amazing how few parents - even educated ones w/ some medical knowledge - cannot correctly dose their childrens' tylenol/ibuprofen when they have a fever... prompting often inappropriate worry and ED visits for said fevers, when the kiddo is otherwise ok...
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