FDA Eyes Infant Tylenol New dosing instructions are being
considered. Advisors to the food and drug administration will
meet Tuesday to discuss how to make certain pain relievers safer
for babies and children. Government advisors are poised to
address two problems when it comes to getting pain relief to
sick young children. "Either the parents don't have the right
information for how to dose it, and so they guess, or they
measure it wrong," said daniel Frattarelli, MD of the American
Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs. The label on infant
Tylenol and other over-the-counter products that contain
acetaminophen says only to "consult a doctor" for kids under age
2. An FDA panel of experts will consider whether they have
enough information to add dosing instructions for children
between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. Also on the
committee's agenda is whether to change dosing guidance and base
it on a child's weight, rather than age. The American Academy of
Pediatrics says a change is needed because there'