Trends in Cough and Cold Medicine Recommendations for Children in the United States, 2002-2015

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Sep 1;173(9):885-887. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2252.

Daniel B Horton^{1

2

3}, Tobias Gerhard^{2

3

4}, Brian L Strom^{2

5

6}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
² Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
³ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.
⁵ Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, New Jersey.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Abstract

This study analyzes trends in physicians’ recommendations for cough and cold medicine for children in the United States between 2002 and 2015.