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Only half of meds taken by kids have 'adequate' safety info
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
About half of medications used in children have little or no label information about drug effectiveness, safety or dosing in children, new research finds. In the study, when the researchers looked at 560 medications listed in the 2009 electronic Physicians' Desk Reference, some not relevant for pediatric use, they found only 46 percent referred to children's usage.More

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