…cannabinoid: yes, stoners, the same type of compound that makes marijuana so irresistible…
…levorphanol, a painkiller five times as powerful as morphine…

And less interesting are sleep aid & alcohol. I say that’s a pretty interesting mix of drugs eh?

Read the whole article here:
What’s Inside: Nyquil, Fortified With Powerful Narcotics!

“It’s just a virus, and, unfortunately, there is no safe and effective cold medication on the market that I can recommend to you.”

I know this is going to be really hard to do if/when Lorelai gets sick sometime before she turns 6, since you do see all those meds being advertised on TV all the time, but apparently they are as good as sugar pills. Saw this article on WSJ, and it sounded almost like scary tactics. But if the FDA says so, there should be at least some truth. Just some of the scary things mentioned in the article:

… the Food and Drug Administration that cold medicines be banned for kids because they work no better than sugar pills and shouldn’t be used in children younger than 6.

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Parents often believe they are targeting cold symptoms with these medications, when what they are really doing is sedating the child. Sedation and the potential to depress breathing represent dangerous sides of these medicines.

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Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed is a brand name) has been linked to strokes, too, but it is still on the market as a decongestant.

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Some parents are fans of Vicks VapoRub and similar substances applied to the skin or put in a vaporizer. In my practice, I have seen such products trigger asthma attacks. That is on par with or greater than the risk from over-the-counter cough suppressants, as far as I am concerned.