Now, I am sure that Zyrtec works well for SOME kids, but let me tell you about our experience with Zyrtec.  The last time (which makes the 4th time) that California was in the hospital with pneumonia (click here to read about his last hospitalization), he was prescribed Zyrtec to be taken on a daily...

More than 40 over the counter children’s medications were recalled on May 1st, 2010.  These include all lot number of  infant’s and children’s liquid Tylenol, liquid Tylenol Plus, liquid Motrin, liquid Benedryl and liquid Zyrtec due to concerns that the medications might have higher...

Photo above:  California with his Tweety Bird band-aid covering his Swine Flu vaccination boo boo California received the H1N1 vaccine Friday morning.  So far, he has had no side effects and/or noticeable reaction to the vaccine.  However, he did have a reaction to the preservative free...

This is an alert to EVERYONE who has allergies/asthma, but I especially want to inform parents with children who have allergies and/or asthma(because parents are often the last to know). The FDA has updated the SIDE EFFECTS of this “miracle” drug to include: TREMORSANXIOUSNESSDEPRESSIONSUICIDAL...

When Tennessee was a baby/toddler, his pediatrician advised me to give him all kinds of over the counter cold/cough/flu medication even if he just had a runny nose. In my heart, I knew that he was just soooooooooooooo little and he shouldn’t be taking medication unless that it was absolutely necessary…like...

In addition to the warning for flu drugs for kids, the FDA is considering the safety of two asthma drugs that are prescribed for kids as well. The names of the drugs are Severent and Adavair. Here is a link that you can copy and paste into your browser to read the entire news story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119582909121102143.html?mod=fpa_whatsnews

FDA Wants Warnings on Flu Drugs for KidsFriday November 23, 2:10 pm ET By Matthew Perrone, AP Business Writer FDA Wants Added Label Warnings About Bizarre Behavior in Kids That Get 2 Widely Used Flu Drugs WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about...