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Study warns against global use of old asthma medicines for kids' coughs

hma. They found four studies, but they were of a limited design, not solid enough to suggest methylxanthine should be used for garden-variety kids' coughs, according to the study.

"The Cochrane Review states there is no data to support the use of methylxanthines. I would strongly concur," Gorman says.

Given the challenges chronic coughing poses for children, Chang and colleagues say methylxanthines should be considered as a potential treatment, but only after more research and only with careful awareness of its side effects.

"Knowledge is always desirable," Gorman notes. "While methylxanthines would not be my first choice of agents to study, a well designed trial or series of trials that demonstrated efficacy in certain situations or lack of efficacy in the face of well known toxicities would be very welcome."

"Information that could be used to stop unsafe practices is as important as information that can be used for effective new therapies," Gorman says.

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Contact: Anne Change
annechang@ausdoctors.net
Center for the Advancement of Health
19-Jul-2005

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