 News
27th March 2008
Cough medicines banned for
under-2s
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Today, six products directly targeted at children under two will be
removed from open sale, although they may still be supplied by a pharmacist
for use with older children.
They are:
- Boots Chesty Cough Syrup 1 Year Plus
- Boots Sore Throat and Cough Linctus one-year plus
- Asda Children's Chesty Cough Syrup
- Buttercup Infant Cough syrup
- Calcough Chesty
- Bell's Children's Chesty cough
Another 59 products - authorised for use in children under two but
not marketed at them - will also be taken off the shelf and sold only
to parents whose children are older.
Paediatric Cough Relief
Boots Night Time Cough Syrup 1 year plus
Tixylix Catarrh Syrup
Tixycolds Syrup
Bronalin Junior Linctus
Junior Meltus Night Time
Histalix Syrup
Dozal Oral Solution
Fedril Paediatric Elixir
Medised for Children
Kafalin Syrup
Ransoms Paediatric Diphenhydramine Linctus
Line Range Cough Relief For Children Syrup
Calcold
Calpol Night
Benylin Childrens Night Cough
Tixylix Cough and Cold Linctus
Paediatric Nirolex
Childrens Chesty Cough Syrup
Tixylix Chesty Cough Linctus
Optrex Expectorant Liquid 50mg/5ml
Robitussin Chesty Cough Medicine 100mg
Jnr Meltus Chesty Cough With Catarrh
Altons Junior Cough Mixture
Galloway's Cough Expectorant
Liqufruta Garlic Cough Medicine
Cupal Expectorant
Benylin Childrens Chesty Cough
Benylin Childrens Coughs and Colds
Otrivine Child Nasal Drops Nasal Drops For Children
Iliadin Mini Paediatric
Children's Dry Cough 1 Year Plus
Tixylix Night Cough
Tixylix Dry Cough
Galen Pholcodine Linctus 5mg/ml
Galen Paed Linctus 5mg/ml
Rusco Pholcodine Linctus
Cough Relief For Children
Benylin Childrens Dry Cough
Pinewood Pholcodine Linctus
Crescent Pholcodine Linctus
Pavacol-D
Boots Alternatives Children's Cough Relief
Glycerin Lemon and Honey With Glucose and Ipecacuanha
Glycerin, Lemon and Honey
Glycerin, Lemon and Honey and Ipecac Syrup
Lemeze Cough Syrup
Cherry Cough Mixture
Childrens Blackcurrents Cough Syrup
Buttercup Infant Cough Syrup
Buttercup Syrup Honey and Lemon
Bell's Chesty Cough Compound of Glycerin, Lemon and Ipecacuanha
Glycerin, Lemon and Honey with Glucose and Ipecacuanha
Beehive Balsam Children's Cough Expectorant
Anglian Pharma Troublesome Coughs
Hill's Balsam Chesty Cough Liquid for Children
Glycerin, Lemon, Honey and Ipecacuanha Linctus
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