Federal health officials warned parents Wednesday about the dangers of teething remedies that contain a popular numbing ingredient and asked manufacturers to stop selling their products intended for ...

FDA LOGO BLUE The Agency is urging manufacturers to stop marketing OTC oral drug products containing benzocaine for teething to this patient population. Over-the-counter (OTC) oral products containing ...

The Food and Drug Administration says it continues to get reports linking benzocaine, an ingredient in many over-the-counter drugs used to ease canker sores, irritated gums, and teething in children, ...

The Food and Drug Administration warned parents on Wednesday about the dangers of using teething products that contain the popular numbing agent benzocaine. The FDA said that benzocaine can have a ...

Benzocaine has been used to treat pain for more than a century, but the available data about its efficacy for the relief of tooth pain have long been lacking, prompting the U.S. Food and Drug ...