We need the FDA to issue a Drug Safety Communication regarding PEG 3350 adverse events in children and to restrict off-label use in children to hospital emergency use only if health issues determine other options would be more dangerous.
We need the FDA to ensure the new timeline for completing the PEG 3350 study that was not conducted by CHOP in 2015 is completed by 2021-2022, as contracted.
We need the FDA to prohibit the hiding of child age restrictions on the inner panel of fold-out ingredient labels on PEG 3350 laxative products.
We need the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to grant our petition to stop drug companies from claiming PEG 3350 laxatives "pull water into the bowel naturally,” or "act naturally."
We need the American Academy of Pediatrics to educate doctors on adverse events and risks of prescribing PEG 3350 to children and recommend they search for root causes of constipation instead.
We need doctors to stop prescribing PEG 3350 laxatives for treating childhood constipation and to uncover root causes of constipation, including dietary considerations.
We need doctors to listen to parents who claim their child experienced behavior changes when they started PEG 3350 laxatives and to report to the FDA all adverse events reported to them. We also need doctors to stop pressuring parents to give their children PEG 3350 when parents say no.
We need parents to report to the FDA all adverse events their children experience, especially if their doctor does not.