Direct Parents to Safe Options for Teething Pain
November 2016
New warnings will raise questions about what to use for teething pain in infants and young children.
Both Health Canada and FDA are issuing new warnings to avoid certain products for teething pain...due to adverse events.
For example, some parents are using viscous lidocaine 2% for teething pain in kids...even though it's not approved for this use. Now there are reports of seizures and other serious problems.
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