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One commonly prescribed, non-narcotic cough medicine is a danger to any family with children under 10. That drug is benzonatate, previously marketed as Tessalon and Zonatuss, and now sold as the generic. The drug is indicated for cough suppression in those 10 years or over.

The FDA is now warning all parents and their pediatricians that the cases of benzonatate poisonings has skyrocketed. Prescription of this drug has increased more than 62% over the past 10 years. Accidental ingestions account for 77% of cases and 83% involve kids under 5 years. When children 9 months through 4 years accidentally ingest the gleaming capsules called perles, what follows is often cardiac and respiratory arrests, seizures, and death.

If you have this drug in your medicine cabinet and there are younger children at home, lock it up.

https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20221115/more-us-kids-are-heading-to-ers-after-drinking-cough-suppressant

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