Yet another TikTok poisoning has just been reported—this time involving Benadryl again. If you have teenagers, you might feel ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The scene from a "Family Guy" episode opens with Peter Griffith announcing to the family that he has several cases of ipecac — an over-the ...

People have come to believe over the years that in the event of an accidental overdose, a few teaspoons of Ipecac syrup will induce vomiting, expel the harmful substance and possibly save a life. But ...

Every parent knows the basics: Make sure your family's diet sort of resembles the Food Pyramid. Limit TV-viewing time. And keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in the medicine chest in case somebody ...

Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, reversing a ...

WASHINGTON -- Generations of parents knew the rule: Keep a bottle of ipecac around to induce vomiting in case your child swallows a poison. Now that rule may be about to change. Amid evidence that ...

A medicine-cabinet staple for millions of parents, syrup of ipecac may soon disappear from drugstore shelves. The Food and Drug Administration is considering evidence that ipecac, the long-standing ...

Ipecac syrup earned its vomit-inducing reputation when it became the go-to treatment for reversing the effects of poison ingestion throughout the eighteenth century, after it was discovered in the ...

"The impression that [ipecac] is very effective just isn't borne out. Some people would argue that it's not effective hardly at all." -Dr. Robert Geller, medical director of the Georgia Poison Control ...

Under the heading "Suggested Treatment" in the article on "Amphetamine Poisoning" by Espelin and Done in the June 20 issue, a dosage of 20 mg of ipecac syrup is mentioned. This would represent a dose ...

A new bill that will make it more difficult for people with eating disorders to buy a compound that induces vomiting has passed both houses of the state Legislature and awaits the signature of Gov.