Federal health officials are considering adding dosing instructions for children younger than 2 years old to Children’s Tylenol and similar products, a change favored by drugmakers and many doctors.

Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration will meet Tuesday to discuss how to make certain pain relievers safer for babies and children. Government advisors are poised to address two problems when ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- For the first time since they came on the market in the 1950s, children's liquid medicines containing acetaminophen would carry dosing instructions for children younger than 2, ...

Many over-the-counter, liquid medications meant for children contain dosing instructions and measuring cups or droppers that rarely match each other and could confuse even the most careful parent or ...

September 24, 2009 — Prescribers and pharmacists should be vigilant to avoid and detect potential dosing errors with oseltamivir (Tamiflu, Roche) oral suspension formulation, according to an alert ...

The panel is trying to decide whether to recommend that the dosing instructions on the labels of medicines containing acetaminophen need to be fine-tuned to protect children under the age of 2. The ...