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Expert Q&A
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| By Michael F. Wasserman General Pediatrician | ||
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My children aren't great at taking cold and couch medicines, but I just saw new children's strips that melt on the tongue. Do these strips work as well as the liquid medicines?
The strips are fine. This is just a different "delivery system" for the same pharmaceutical.
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