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New advice follows removal of child cough remedies
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
2 April 2008
Six cough and cold remedies for young children were removed from shelves last week following fears of accidental overdosing.
The products have been permanently removed from sale on the orders of the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as a precautionary measure. They include: Asda Children's Chesty Cough Syrup, Boots Chesty Cough Syrup 1 Year Plus, Boots Sore Throat and Cough Linctus 1 Year Plus, Buttercup Infant Cough Syrup, CalCough Chesty and Children's Chesty Cough. Additional products are to be withdrawn until they are repackaged to include advice that they should not be given to children aged under two....
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