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By Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com Guide to Pediatrics since 2001

Syrup of Ipecac Update

Saturday November 1, 2003
New recommendations from the AAP advise that parents should no longer use syrup of ipecac 'routinely as a poison treatment intervention in the home' and that parents should 'safely dispose of the syrup of ipecac currently in their homes.'

Although described by some as a 'huge change' in Pediatrics, I'm not so sure. Do you or did you have syrup of ipecac in your home? Did you ever use it?

Take our poll: Did you have or ever use syrup of ipecac?

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