Is Your Kid in Bad Pain? Try Ibuprofen ; Study Finds It Works Better Than Two Rivals
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 05, 2007
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CHICAGO Deciding which medicine to give a child in pain just got easier: The first head-to-head study of three common painkillers found that ibuprofen works best, at least for kids with broken bones, bruises and sprains.
Available generically and under the brand names Advil and Motrin, ibuprofen beat generic acetaminophen and codeine in an emergency room study of 300 children treated at a Canadian hospital.See the full content of this document
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Is Your Kid in Bad Pain? Try Ibuprofen ; Study Finds It Works Better Than Two Rivals
The youngsters, ages 6 to 17, were randomly assigned to receive standard doses of one of the three medicines. They then periodically rated t...
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