The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, like other regulators globally, has added a warning to the public against paediatric cough medicines traded by an Indian company, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. While the medicine is not registered in ...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has issued a warning for members of the public not to use four baby cough medicines that they say might have been brought into the country.
The Indian company has not yet issued a response to the order by the World Health Organization but has posted theAccording to the recall notices issued for these medicines, symptoms of toxic exposure may include headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and the inability to pass urine. The first deaths were noted in July. Sahpra puts the death toll at 33 of children in Gambia who died of kidney-related illness. ButThe WHO conducted laboratory tests which linked the medication to those deaths. The WHO confirmed that the syrups contain diethylene alcohol and ethylene glycol. Both are industrial solvents and harmful.
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