Cough Med?

LisaK2b

I posted this question on my local board, but since most that check the board on the weekend there, I wanted to repost here.

DD is coughing like crazy (3 years old) and when I looked at Dr sears website he had the dose chart for Vicks Children niquil and the Vicks 44 for 6 months and up.  I always thought that cold and cough meds couldn't be given to kids under the age of 6, but has this changed recently? I'm debating if I should call our pedi tomorrow morning or not.  Or we could talk to our pharmacist, but I'm pretty sure they're going to go by the 6 years up thing....

*Lu-Lu*

When my child had a terrible cough, our pedi suggested using delsym.  1/2 teaspoon per 12 hrs.  It helped tremendously when she couldn't sleep.

Cough medicines are safe as long as the correct dosage is given.