Errors put infants, children at risk for overdose of painkillers: Prescriptions for narcotics often contain too much medication per dose

Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Parents who give young children prescription painkillers should take extra care to make sure they give just the right amount. What they may be surprised to learn, however, is that the dose given to them by the pharmacy could be too high.

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