Yet Another Way Drugs Can Kill Your Kids

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Yet Another Way Drugs Can Kill Your Kids

 

According to a new CDC report, unintentional access to pharmaceutical

drugs (whether prescription or over-the-counter) accounted for more

than 1.3 million incidents of accidental chemical or substance

exposure in 2003 alone.

 

More than 42 percent of those exposures involved children under age 6,

based on reports from poison control centers.

 

More Than 50,000

 

An analysis of exposures from 2001-03 data collected via hospital

emergency departments found more than 50,000 children were treated

annually for accidental exposure to medications. 72 percent of these

cases involved kids between ages 1 and 2.

 

Pill Boxes or Purses

 

One common reason is that many parents remove the medications from the

child-proof containers; instead, they are left in accessible areas

such as pill boxes or purses.

 

CDC January 13, 2006

 

Poynter Online January 16, 2006

 

Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

When I told you about the five ways to protect your children from

accidents that inevitably occur around the house or outdoors, this is

one I wasn't thinking of.

 

It's bad enough that children and infants are overprescribed

medications specifically meant for them; accidental exposure to drugs

never meant for children can have completely unknown effects.

Scientific studies continually support the wisdom of limiting

exposures to " foreign " substances for children, including synthetic

chemicals -- which includes drugs.

 

Along with immune system development, your child's nervous system

continues to develop well into their seventh year of life. With the

recent epidemic increase in the rates of

 

* autism,

* attention deficit, and

* hyperactivity disorders,

 

it would seem prudent to nurture and protect your child in every way

possible.

 

Even drugs intended for children can have side effects as horrifying

as suicidal tendencies and blindness. Drugs that have never been

tested on children could have even worse effects. Play it safe; limit

your child's exposure to drugs, and make sure that any prescription

your child gets is absolutely, absolutely necessary.

 

However there is a VERY important lesson here. If you are an adult who

takes medication and have removed the child proof cap for convenience

you could have created a potential fatal accident waiting to happen if

you have any children visit you.

 

If you have to use drugs for any reason and have children who live or

visit with you, it is absolutely imperative NOT to leave the drugs

outside of their container or leave off the child-proof cap, unless

taking the entire bottle of pills will not harm the child.

 

And, you already know that's highly unlikely, as drugs are potentially

toxic Band-Aids that, in no way, shape or form, treat the underlying

causes of disease.

 

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