Stores clear pediatric cough and cold remedies from shelves

US retail outlets have removed cough and cold remedies for children from their shelves, following the recent announcement by manufacturers. The decision pre-empts a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration to consider expert recommendations on the future availability of over-the-counter products for children under two-years old.

Both the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company and Giant Food issued statements listing 11 formulations of affected products. These were: Concentrated Tylenol Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough; Concentrated Tylenol Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough Club Tray; PediaCare Infant Dropper Long-Acting Cough; PediaCare Infant Dropper Decongestant (containing pseudoephedrine); PediaCare Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough; PediaCare Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough (containing pseudoephedrine); CareOne Infant Cough and Cold Cherry 0.5oz; Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips Decongestant; Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips Decongestant Plus Cough; Little Colds Decongestant + Cough 1oz; and Little Colds Multi Symptom Cold 1oz.

Tylenol is marketed by US health care giant Johnson & Johnson while Triaminic is a brand of Switzerland-based drug major Novartis.