My child has a cough, so what's wrong with using cough syrup?
- Written by Rose Cairns, Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney
As winter approaches, many parents will be bracing for the cold and flu season. Young children typically get at least six colds a year.
In previous generations, parents might have reached for the cough syrup to relieve a dry or chesty cough.
But we now know cough syrups aren’t very effective at treating children’s coughs.
And...
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