Syrup of ipecac -- a common anti-poison vomiting elixir found in many family medicine chests -- could soon disappear from drugstore shelves as the government considers whether its potential for abuse ...

Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, reversing a ...

Generations of parents knew the rule: Keep a bottle of ipecac around to induce vomiting in case your child swallows a poison. Now that rule may be about to change. Amid evidence that ipecac doesn't ...

Every parent knows the basics: Make sure your family's diet sort of resembles the Food Pyramid. Limit TV-viewing time. And keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in the medicine chest in case somebody ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The scene from a "Family Guy" episode opens with Peter Griffith announcing to the family that he has several cases of ipecac — an over-the ...

WASHINGTON - Generations of parents knew the rule: Keep a bottle of ipecac around to induce vomiting in case your child swallows a poison. Now that rule may be about to change. Amid evidence that ...

Gov. Cuomo today signed into law a bill that moves ipecac syrup – a vomit-inducing drug that’s often abused by people with eating disorders – behind the counter. “Time and time again, there have been ...

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WASHINGTON -- Generations of parents knew the rule: Keep a bottle of ipecac around to induce vomiting in case your child swallows a poison. Now that rule may be about to change. Amid evidence that ...

Weeks after a mother in Lincoln, Neb., started telling doctors that her 8-month-old child was suffering unexplained bouts of vomiting, the case was referred to experts at Mayo Clinic. The woman took ...

Q–What is ipecac syrup? I read an article which recommended that a bottle of it be kept in every medicine cabinet, but I can`t remember what it was to be used for. A–Ipecac is classified as an ”emetic ...

Hopefully your Fourth of July holiday did not prominently feature vomiting—mine did. Long story short, my "friend" accidentally ate some chicken salad that had been kicking around for a month. This ...