Day & Night Nurse and Covonia cold and flu remedies are WITHDRAWN from UK market over health fears
Day & Night Nurse and Covonia cold and flu remedies are being WITHDRAWN from UK market over health fears
- The MHRA have withdrawn the medicines ‘as a precaution following a review’
- The European Medicines Agency recommended their withdrawal 3 months ago
A massive national recall has been issued for dozens of cough medicines by the due to a potentially deadly ingredient.
Medical regulators have withdrawn the medicines from the UK market ‘as a precaution following a review’, it emerged today.
The review found the benefits of pholcodine-containing cough and cold medicines ‘do not outweigh the increased risk of the very rare event of anaphylaxis’.
The recall includes syrups and lozenges which are on shelves across the country.
Pholcodine is mostly found in household cough syrups including Covonia and Day & Night Nurse.
Medical regulators have withdrawn the medicines from the UK market ‘as a precaution following a review’, it emerged today
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which polices the safety of drugs used in Britain, is behind the review.
It comes as bosses at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended their withdrawal from the EU market over three months ago in December 2022.
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