Q–What is ipecac syrup? I read an article which recommended that a bottle of it be kept in every medicine cabinet, but I can`t remember what it was to be used for. A–Ipecac is classified as an ”emetic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The scene from a "Family Guy" episode opens with Peter Griffith announcing to the family that he has several cases of ipecac — an over-the ...

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 ...

Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, reversing a ...

An old home remedy called ipecac syrup, once stocked in medicine cabinets in case of accidental poisoning, is showing promise as a new chemotherapy drug for bladder cancer. An old home remedy called ...

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 ...

Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, reversing a ...

Generations of parents knew the rule: Keep a bottle of ipecac around to induce vomiting in case your child swallows a poison. Now that rule may be about to change. Amid evidence that ipecac doesn't ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning against the use of syrup of Ipecac, which induces vomiting in children who have swallowed poison. The FDA now says the popular home remedy does more harm ...

CHICAGO — Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, ...

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 ...