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Why is it suddenly dangerous to give an infant cold medicine, yet SAFE to pump them full of vaccines?

The FDA is now warning parents not to give over the counter cold medications to infants under 2 years old. Yet, they recommend you pump your child full of MULTIPLE vaccines all at one time, generally overpowering the infant's developing immune system. What kind of sense does THAT make??
I'm glad to see at least one medical practitioner who doesn't toe the standard medical line on vaccinations being perfectly safe for young children.

Public Comments

1. My guess is that the lawyers just realized this and now you can't use them anymore for fear of lawsuits. I don't usually recommend those meds to children anyway but now the lawyers will get you if you do. In 16+ years of practicing medicine, I've never seen one problem from children and cold medicines although I have seen loads of vaccine problems.

2. I'd rather my child be "pumped full of vaccines" as you so elegantly put it, than to be struck down with polio, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, or diphtheria, to name a few!

3. It makes plenty of sense when you consider that if you dont give your child cough medicine they might have a runny nose or hack all night, if you dont give them a vaccine (lets use POLIO in this example), if they 'catch it' it will severely impact their quaility of life -if they even have a life as many of these diseases will KILL your child if your child were to catch them

4. Vaccines are used to jump start the immune system to provide defenses against diseases that would have usually ended in the infants death 100 years ago. Cold medicines are man-made chemicals that affect your natural biology in unpredictable ways (similar to drugs). Big difference.

5. I'm not a mom or anything. But I have to say I had to really think about it. good luck and take care.

6. the no cold medicine comes from all the so called parents that cant follow directions and give their children too much meds so they over dose. if people would take more time when doing things and try harder to understand when someone is talking to them, things like this would not happen.

7. They aren't just "now" telling us this, they've been telling us for a while that they don't work, and most doctors have been saying it for ages. Not all vaccines are safe either. Autism is on the rise here, many believe due the the rise in vaccines that are given. I know that all of the children younger than 10 in my family all have some sort of autism, my son has Asperger's, which is a highly functioning form of autism. It seems to be something that is a more genetic situation, affecting families that are predisposed to it.

Neither is safe. I nursed both of my kids until they were a year old, and both of them RARELY get sick. And some basic common sense is all you really need. Water, sleep, cuddling with mom and dad, soft foods. Do for your children what you do for yourself (minus the medication!).

8. I appreciate your frustration with the issue. I share your concern. I guess maybe we should be glad that the FDA did something worthwhile for once.