Syrup of ipecac -- a common anti-poison vomiting elixir found in many family medicine chests -- could soon disappear from drugstore shelves as the government considers whether its potential for abuse ...

Every parent knows the basics: Make sure your family's diet sort of resembles the Food Pyramid. Limit TV-viewing time. And keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in the medicine chest in case somebody ...

BACKGROUND:Syrup of ipecac is one of the better-known, long-standing medicinal herbs. It comes from Psychotria ipecacuanha, although several other scientific names have been used for this plant. Along ...

Indianapolis, July 22 - The Indiana Poison Center takes about 200 calls each day, 60,000 a year for childhood poisonings. Most cases don't end up in the hospital and parents often treat their kids at ...

Ipecac syrup earned its vomit-inducing reputation when it became the go-to treatment for reversing the effects of poison ingestion throughout the eighteenth century, after it was discovered in the ...