now recommend AGAINST keeping ipecac syrup on hand for accidental poisonings
December 2003
Experts now recommend AGAINST keeping ipecac syrup on hand for accidental poisonings.
In fact, they say parents should get rid of it.
Twenty years ago, ipecac was used in 15% of pediatric poisonings. Now it's used in less than 1%.
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