THE UK Medicines and
Healthcare Product Regulatory
Agency has said that cold and flu
remedies containing
pseudoephedrine and ephedrine
will remain as pharmacy (P)
medicines.
The announcement comes on
the back of a review of measures
taken in 2007, which saw
pseudoephedrine and ephedrine
cold and flu meds moved to
pharmacy only, in order to cut
down on the misuse of the drugs.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 02 Aug 10 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 02 Aug 10
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