Cough medicines containing pholcodine withdrawn over safety fears

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Certain cough medicines sold down the antagonistic astatine pharmacies are being withdrawn implicit information concerns.

Health experts accidental determination is simply a precise uncommon accidental of radical experiencing an allergic absorption linked to an constituent called pholcodine.

People should cheque the packaging of immoderate cough tablets oregon syrups they person astatine location to spot if pholcodine is listed.

If it is, speech to your pharmacist astir getting a antithetic medicine.

The products bash not request a medicine but cannot beryllium bought without chatting with the pharmacist.

  • Boots Night Cough Relief Oral Solution, PL 00014/0230
  • 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

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