Antibiotics not effective for cough due to 'common cold' in children

Monday, October 22, 2012 - 11:02 in Health & Medicine

New research suggests that antibiotics are not effective in treating cough due to the common cold in children. The study found that when children with acute cough were treated with either antitussive medication or antibiotics, antibiotics alone showed a lower percentage of cough resolution.

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