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Following a review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), all medicines containing pholcodine are being withdrawn from the UK as a precaution.
It comes after a review by the UK's medicines watchdog discovered pholcodine, found in cough syrups, could cause an allergic reaction if the user is put under general anaesthetic.
Some cough medicines containing pholcodine are being recalled in the UK.
Some cough medicines containing pholcodine are being recalled in the UK.
Cough medicines containing the ingredient pholcodine are being recalled and withdrawn from the UK ‘as a precaution’.