Drug companies could be considering adding extra pharma labels to their products after an organisation drew attention to the problem of child poisoning.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association Education Foundation has launched a new campaign encouraging parents and caregivers to keep medicines out of the reach of children.
It recommends choosing a place they cannot get to for storage, never leaving drugs out after taking them and making sure the safety lock on packaging is activated before replacing bottles in cupboards.
Furthermore, parents were urged not to tell youngsters that medicines are sweets when they are trying to get them to accept a course of tablets.
"Even with improvements to packaging, no medication package can be 100 per cent childproof," warned Dr Richard Dart from the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
The US Food and Drug Administration also recently warned parents to carefully check the printed adhesive labels on children's medicine products to prevent giving them an accidental overdose.
Manufacturers may consider adding booklet labels to their packaging to feature this information.
Denny Bros Ltd, 15 December 2011
