Dina taun 2009, Kanada ngawatesan panggunaan over-the-counter cough and cold medication in children six years and under due to concerns regarding risks and unproven benefits. Pamakéan salah dextromethorphan (an over-the-counter cough medicine) geus nyababkeun laranganana di sababaraha nagara. Intranasal corticosteroids teu acan kapanggih. Dina jangka pondok pamakéan acetaminophen bisa mantuan jeung gejala. Teu dipikanyaho naha over-the-counter cough medications are effective for treating an acute cough. Obat cough teu dianjurkeun pikeun pamakéan dina barudak alatan kurangna bukti ngarojong efektivitas jeung poténsi pikeun ngarugikeun. Dina taun 2009, Kanada ngawatesan pamakéan over-the-counter cough and cold medication dina barudak genep taun sarta sahandapeun alatan masalah ngeunaan resiko jeung kauntungan unproven.
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