Cough and cold medicines pulled from UK shelves over allergic shock fears
Drugs including Day Nurse and Night Nurse are being taken off the British market due to a “very rare” risk of anaphylaxis.Drugs including Day Nurse and Night Nurse are being taken off the British market due to a “very rare” risk of anaphylaxis. The products being recalled include Covonia as well as own-brand versions of the remedies from Boots and SuperdrugThe reaction — also known as anaphylactic shock — is severe and potentially life-threatening.
Patients could be at risk of the reaction when going under a type of general anaesthesia if they took products containing the cough suppressant pholcodine a year before. A Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency spokesperson said: “All pholcodine-containing medicines are being withdrawn from the UK as a precaution.”
Thorrun Govind, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said: “Withdrawal is the safest option and is in line with action already taken by the European Medicines Agency.
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