Don't give over-the-counter cough and cold drugs to children under 4. Although kids' cold medicines may still be on the shelves at your drugstore, talk to your child's doctor before using them.

Cough and cold medicines containing opioid ingredients, such as codeine or hydrocodone, should no longer be given to children of any age, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA ...

Several different ingredients in cold, cough, and flu medications can be abused. Dextromethorphan (DMX) Some people abuse OTC cold, cough, and flu remedies containing dextromethorphan (DMX).

Teenagers’ use of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines to get a cheap high -- a practice known as “robotripping” -- is rising 50% a year and becoming one of the fastest-growing drug ...

The "active" ingredients in cough medicines are probably useless too. Dextromethorphan is considered a cough suppressant, though there's not much evidence to suggest it actually does its job.

Coricidin Cough and Cold Tablets, and more specifically their cough suppressant, dextromethorphan, or DXM, became Cahoon's drug of choice. When taken in big doses, DXM can cause hallucinations ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines are safe and effective when they’re used as directed. But taking too much of them -- on purpose or by accident -- can make you feel high. That can ...

In 1958, DXM was approved for use as a safe, nonaddictive cough suppressant. The drug's deliberately unpleasant taste, combined with other cough/cold remedy ingredients (e.g., expectorants) that ...

Cough and cold medicines containing opioid ingredients, such as codeine or hydrocodone, should no longer be given to children of any age, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.

Our top picks for the best OTC cold medicines include options for cough, congestion, sore throat, and more. Find the best products to help quickly ease your cold symptoms.

CVS is removing cough and cold medicines containing an ingredient found to be ineffective from their store shelves. Advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found last month that ...