Some cough, cold and flu medicines are being withdrawn from shelves as a precaution following concerns over very rare cases of allergic reaction.
Following a review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), all medicines containing pholcodine are being withdrawn from the UK as a precaution.
Experts cited a “very rare” chance of people experiencing an allergic reaction when combined with general anaesthetic.
The medicines being recalled include:
• Boots Night Cough Relief Oral Solution
• Boots Dry Cough Syrup 6 Years+
• Boots Day Cold & Flu Relief Oral Solution
• Cofsed Linctus
• Care Pholcodine 5mg/5ml Oral Solution Sugar Free
• Galenphol Linctus
• Galenphol Paediatric Linctus
• Galenphol Strong Linctus
• Covonia Dry Cough Sugar Free Formula
• Pholcodine Linctus Bells Healthcare 5mg Per 5ml Oral Solution
• Numark Pholcodine 5mg per 5ml Oral Solution
• Well Pharmaceuticals Pholcodine 5mg per 5ml Oral Solution
• Superdrug Pholcodine Linctus BP
• Strong Pholcodine Linctus BP
• Pholcodine Linctus BP
• Strong Pholcodine Linctus BP
• Pholcodine Linctus
• Day & Night Nurse Capsules
• Day Nurse Capsules
• Day Nurse
Healthcare professionals have been advised by the MHRA to stop supplying the above products listed above immediately.
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