Good Sense Childrens Cold and Cough

L Perrigo Company

Perrigo Children's Cold & Cough Drug Facts

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS*

• Active ingredient (in each 5 mL teaspoonful)
• Purpose
• Good Sense Childrens Cold and Cough Uses
• Warnings
  • Do not use
  • Ask a doctor before use if you have
  • Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are
  • When using this product
  • Stop use and ask a doctor if
  • If pregnant or breast-feeding,
  • Keep out of reach of children.
• Directions
• Good Sense Childrens Cold and Cough Other information
• Inactive ingredients
• Questions or comments? 
• Principal Display Panel

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION

Active ingredient (in each 5 mL teaspoonful)

Brompheniramine maleate, USP 1 mg

Dextromethorphan HBr, USP 5 mg

Phenylephrine HCl, USP 2.5 mg

Purpose

Antihistamine

Cough suppressant

Nasal decongestant

Good Sense Childrens Cold and Cough Uses

• temporarily relieves cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation occurring with a cold, and nasal congestion due to the common cold, hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies
• temporarily relieves these symptoms due to hay fever (allergic rhinitis):
• sneezing
• itching of the nose or throat
• runny nose
• itchy, watery eyes
• temporarily restores freer breathing through the nose

Warnings

Do not use

• if you are now taking a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric or emotional conditions, or Parkinson’s disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. If you do not know if your prescription drug contains an MAOI, ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this product.
• to make a child sleepy

Ask a doctor before use if you have

• a breathing problem such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis
• glaucoma
• thyroid disease
• high blood pressure
• heart disease
• diabetes
• cough that lasts or is chronic such as occurs with smoking, asthma or emphysema
• cough that occurs with too much phlegm (mucus)
• trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate gland

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are

taking sedatives or tranquilizers

When using this product

• do not use more than directed
• may cause marked drowsiness
• avoid alcoholic beverages
• alcohol, sedatives and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness
• be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery
• excitability may occur, especially in children

Stop use and ask a doctor if

• you get nervous, dizzy or sleepless
• symptoms do not get better within 7 days or are accompanied by fever
• cough lasts for more than 7 days, comes back, or occurs with fever, rash or persistent headache. A persistent cough may be a sign of a serious condition.

If pregnant or breast-feeding,

ask a health professional before use.

Keep out of reach of children.

In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions

• do not take more than 6 doses in any 24-hour period

Other information

• each teaspoon contains: sodium 2 mg
• store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F)
• not a USP elixir

Inactive ingredients

citric acid, edetate disodium, FD&C blue no. 1, FD&C red no. 40, flavor, glycerin, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium, sodium benzoate, sorbitol

Questions or comments? 

1-800-719-9260

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Children’s

Cold & Cough

Elixir

Antihistamine, Brompheniramine Maleate

Cough Suppressant, Dextromethorphan HBr

Nasal Decongestant, Phenylephrine HCl

Nasal Congestion

Runny Nose

Itchy, Watery Eyes

Coughing

Sneezing

Red Grape Flavor

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