Sorry to drift away from herbal remedies, but my basic question is still unanswered. I referred in my initial post to TV warnings about Tylenol hepatotoxicity in children giving average doses. Has anyone else seen these ads? This is reported to me by my daughter, who is probaly more reliable than the stations the ads were run on.

Mark Cohen, I agree with your remarks regarding fever. I have never taken a knee-jerk approach to reduce any and all fevers. Fever is beneficial, to a point, is my understanding of our current knowledge. But given the state of flux of our medical knowledge, research and hasty FDA approvals, I'm not willing to gamble my kid's health on the belief that a sustained temperature of 104 F is beneficial. I'm going to try and get it down. Plus, I've never seen a kid, (or adult for that matter), who was comfortable with such a body temperature.

I am comforted, but only slightly, by the fact that the American Academy of Pediatrics knows nothing of this. Drugs are constantly being pulled for side effects not uncovered during initial testing. (E.g. Propulsid, and various blood pressure medications). In reality, I've seen a lag time between early warnings and when physicians actually stop prescribing the drug, or it's pulled from the market. In the past, FDA approval for good pharmaceuticals has been long and laborious, but I wonder if the pendulum hasn't swung too far to the right, and I'm not at all comfortable with how drugs are prescribed and advertised today. Even Tylenol, which not long ago appeared to be fairly innocuous, is now suspect. Hence this thread.

I appreciate all of you folks' comments. Thanks, BlueJay