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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BACKGROUND:Syrup of ipecac is one of the better-known, long-standing medicinal herbs. It comes from Psychotria ipecacuanha, although several other scientific names have been used for this plant. Along ...

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 ...

A medicine-cabinet staple for millions of parents, syrup of ipecac may soon disappear from drugstore shelves. The Food and Drug Administration is considering evidence that ipecac, the long-standing ...

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 ...

Nov. 6, 2003 (New Orleans) — The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued guidelines at its annual meeting here earlier this week calling on its membership to urge parents to stop using syrup of ...