Pharmacy DailyPharmacy Daily | Blackmores Kaloba

Blackmores says that pharmacists are set to play a “pivotal role” in counselling patients presenting with colds and flu symptoms this season, with the new availability of its Kaloba treatment option (PD 20 Dec). It’s an oral liquid for the treatment of acute bronchitis and sinusitis, and because it’s indicated for children aged over two years it provides a new option following last year’s TGA review of cough and cold medicines which ruled they should not be given to children under six years of age. “Kaloba now provides a solution and becomes an important part of pharmacists’ recommendations to parents who have been advised by a doctor that their child has acute bronchitis,” according to Dr Lesley Braun from Monash University. “For patients seeking assistance from the relief of symptoms of respiratory tract infections...the pharmacist is often the first point of contact within the health system,” Braun said. Kaloba is made from an extract of Pelargonium sidoides roots, a herbal preparation traditionally used in South Africa for the treatment of respiratory conditions.

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