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Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
NAOW wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
NAOW wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Uh-huh. Just like cold medicine has no benefit for kids, either.
Can you explain? I'm not sure what you are trying to say here and I don't want to assume!
Same here.
Well, cold medicines all simply relieve the sypmtoms of a cold - for everyone, even an adult. They don't cure it or shorten it. So, the FDA says kids under 6 don't need cold medicine b/c it doesn't do anything to cure the cold. Well, duh. BUT, just like it does others, it does relieve the symptoms - which allows kids to rest better, which allows them to get better faster. Sleep is the best thing for a cold, and cold medicine relieves symptoms so that you can sleep. Therefore, they DO have a benefit.
Oh I see. I thought it was banned because parents kept overdosing their kids on cold medicine. But I think this reason probably sounds more legit. Even if it's not true.
Well, I think that is why, too, but the reason they gave is that it does not do anything except relieve symptoms.
Of course, doctors still tell you to use it when it is needed. And without directions, people are now more likely to overdose thier kid, IMO.
No, there were actually a bunch of cases where stupid parents thought that if one teaspoon of cold medicine made their child feel better than two teaspoons should make them feel even better than that. Kids were being overdosed by dumb parents. It DOES relieve the symptoms only of the cold. And it works super great if you give them enough to kill them. They won't fuss a bit after that.

And what do those idiots have to do with the best way for me to treat my child? It's stupid. It's like outlawing pillows because dumb parents put them in the crib and the baby dies of SIDS.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
And what do those idiots have to do with the best way for me to treat my child? It's stupid. It's like outlawing pillows because dumb parents put them in the crib and the baby dies of SIDS.

I don't disagree. But there are idiots that give medicine for EVERYTHING. A newborn baby should not need medicine on a daily basis unless they have a diagnosed health issue. If you are medicating them on a daily basis, by daily I mean every day, then you are not using the medication correctly. No infant has a cold that lasts six months. But there are parents that use cough medicine like that. Unfortunately, the rest of the population has to suffer because of a small proportion of idiots that think like that.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
And what do those idiots have to do with the best way for me to treat my child? It's stupid. It's like outlawing pillows because dumb parents put them in the crib and the baby dies of SIDS.
I don't disagree. But there are idiots that give medicine for EVERYTHING. A newborn baby should not need medicine on a daily basis unless they have a diagnosed health issue. If you are medicating them on a daily basis, by daily I mean every day, then you are not using the medication correctly. No infant has a cold that lasts six months. But there are parents that use cough medicine like that. Unfortunately, the rest of the population has to suffer because of a small proportion of idiots that think like that.

But you can still buy the medicine - they just don't market it for infants and toddlers anymore. It's still just a lower dosage of the children's stuff. So, idiots who are going to dose their kid for every little thing are still going to do it, but now, they don't even have the proper dosing information as a warning.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
And what do those idiots have to do with the best way for me to treat my child? It's stupid. It's like outlawing pillows because dumb parents put them in the crib and the baby dies of SIDS.
I don't disagree. But there are idiots that give medicine for EVERYTHING. A newborn baby should not need medicine on a daily basis unless they have a diagnosed health issue. If you are medicating them on a daily basis, by daily I mean every day, then you are not using the medication correctly. No infant has a cold that lasts six months. But there are parents that use cough medicine like that. Unfortunately, the rest of the population has to suffer because of a small proportion of idiots that think like that.
But you can still buy the medicine - they just don't market it for infants and toddlers anymore. It's still just a lower dosage of the children's stuff. So, idiots who are going to dose their kid for every little thing are still going to do it, but now, they don't even have the proper dosing information as a warning.

Well, I don't know what to say. Stupidity isn't illegal.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Do you not remember not very long ago there was a woman in my town that killed a baby overdosing her on that? Turns out she medicated all the kids in her daycare. I posted the article. We had a long discussion on it.