Cough remedies aimed at very young children are to be removed from shelves amid fears of accidental overdose.
The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has ordered six products be permanently removed from sale for children aged under two.
They are Asda Children’s Chesty Cough Syrup, Calcough Chesty and Boots Chesty Cough Syrup – one year plus.
Also, Children’s Chesty Cough and Boots sore throat and cough linctus one year plus and Buttercup infant cough syrup.
The medicines are to be removed from open shelves, and will not be sold by pharmacists for children under two.
Instead, parents are being urged to stick to paracetamol and ibuprofen medicines, vapour rubs and simple cough syrup such as glycerol, honey or lemon.
Pure honey should not be given to children under one, but medicines are safe as they contain a processed version of the foodstuff.
There are 12 ingredients found in the remedies causing concern.
They are brompheniramine; chlorphenamine; diphenhydramine; dextromethorphan; pholcodine; guaifenesin; ipecacuanha; phenylephrine; pseudoephedrine; ephedrine; oxymetazoline and xylometazoline.
Source: BBC.
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