Pediatricians Release New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids to Children
Recommendations suggest there is still a use for the highly-addictive painkillers among children, if they are prescribed correctly and carefully.
Recommendations suggest there is still a use for the highly-addictive painkillers among children, if they are prescribed correctly and carefully.
Although it is common knowledge that antibiotics do not treat viral infections, doctors often prescribe the drugs to children for that purpose, increasing the risk of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Researchers are calling for closer monitoring of teens using multiple psychiatric drugs, due to a lack of knowledge about the potential side effects.