After a review of the ingredients of Cold and Flu remedies, cough syrups and cold medicines by popular household names are being withdrawn from the market.
Cough, cold and flu medicines made by Day & Night Nurse, Covonia and own-brands sold in Boots and Superdrug are, reportedly, being withdrawn from the UK market. Here’s why it’s happening.
According toMailOnline, Medical regulators have withdrawn the products from the UK market as a ‘precaution following a review.’ Any medicine containing pholcodine may benefit the cold and flu
symptoms, however, they ‘do not outweigh the increased risk of the very rare event of anaphylaxis.’
Unfortunately, pholcodine is mostly found in household cough syrups
and the recall would impact multiple syrups and lozenges on the shelves across the country. The product was recalled in Australia previously and the bosses at European Medicines Agency (EMA) recalled the product from the EU market in December 2022.
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