Veterinary Medicines should be Kept Away from KidsMonday, February 20, 2017
U.S., Feb. 8 -- According to a new study by a team of researchers from Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, parents should try to keep medicines for pets away from children as such medicines may cause certain health problems in kids. For the study, the researchers examined the data of 1,431 calls which were made to a regional poison control center in Ohio from 1999 through 2013. The findings of the study revealed that 88 percent of the calls made were related to ingestion of dog medicines by children. The study also noted that about 93 percent of the children either ate or drank pet medicines. 2.3 percent parents called to the center when the veterinary medicines went into the eyes of their children, while 1.1 percent of cases were for skin exposure. In cases where the children ate medicines which were for pet pain or drugs for parasites, convulsions or other ailments, the parents were asked to take their kids to a doctor.