Just 1 or 2 doses of some medications can kill a young child

February 2011

Just 1 or 2 doses of some medications can kill a young child.

The most recent cases involve several kids under age 2 ingesting Tessalon (benzonatate) caps...and dying within hours of the ingestion.

Fatalities or serious injury can happen with a few tabs of other common meds...clonidine, hydroxychloroquine, glipizide, morphine, etc.

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Table of Contents

Pediatrics Just 1 or 2 doses of some medications can kill a young child
Acetaminophen Prescription combo pain meds (Lorcet, Tylox, etc) will be limited to only 325 mg of acetaminophen per tab or cap
Diabetes Meds Cycloset, a new form of bromocriptine for type 2 diabetes
Antidepressants confusion about which bupropion to dispense
Neurology & Pain Butrans (BYOO-trans), a new once-a-week C-III buprenorphine patch for chronic pain
Hemorrhoids which products to use for hemorrhoidal symptoms
Antipsychotics The new drug, Latuda (lurasidone), will compete in a crowded market of "atypical" antipsychotics (Zyprexa, Abilify, Invega, etc)
Pregnancy the differences in prenatal vitamins
Pediatrics Kapvay, the new clonidine extended-release for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children
Osteoporosis Atelvia (uh-TEL-vee-uh), increases the chance for mishaps with osteoporosis meds
Injectables the first INJECTABLE acetaminophen, Ofirmev (uh-FIRM-ev)
Medication Errors preventing mishaps with Catapres-TTS (clonidine) transdermal patches
New Drugs new drugs approved in 2010