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Children's Triaminic Thin Strips<sup>®</sup> - Cough & Runny Nose

Product Instructions and Information

Triaminic Thin Strips® Cough & Runny Nose

Active Ingredients (in each strip)

  • Diphenhydramine HCl 12.5 mg
    Purpose: Antihistamine/cough suppressant

Uses

  • temporarily relieves
  • runny nose
  • sneezing
  • itchy nose or throat
  • itchy, watery eyes due to hay fever
  • cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation as may occur with a cold

Warnings
Do not use

  • in a child under 4 years of age
  • with any other product containing diphenhydramine, even one used on skin
  • for the purpose of making your child sleepy

Ask a doctor before use if the child has

  • glaucoma
  • a breathing problem such as chronic bronchitis
  • cough that occurs with too much phlegm (mucus)
  • chronic cough that lasts or as occurs with asthma

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if the child is taking sedatives or tranquilizers.

When using this product

  • marked drowsiness may occur
  • sedatives and tranquilizers may increase the drowsiness effect
  • excitability may occur, especially in children

Stop use and ask a doctor if

  • cough lasts more than 7 days, comes back, or is accompanied by fever, rash, or persistent headache. These could be signs of a serious condition.

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

Directions

May be given every 4 hours. Do not give more than 6 doses in 24 hours unless directed by a doctor.
  • Children under 4 years of age: do not use.
  • Children 4 to under 6 years of age: do not use unless directed by a doctor.
  • Children 6 to under 12 years of age: allow 1 strip to dissolve on tongue.

Other Information

store at controlled room temperature 20-25°C (68-77°F)

Inactive Ingredients

acetone, alcohol, FD&C blue #1, FD&C red #40, flavors, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, isopropyl alcohol, maltodextrin, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, pregelatinized starch, propylene glycol, purified water, sodium polystyrene sulfonate, sorbitol, sucralose, titanium dioxide

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