Some cough, cold and flu medicines are being withdrawn from shelves as a precaution following concerns over very rare cases of allergic reaction.

Following a review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), all medicines containing pholcodine are being withdrawn from the UK as a precaution.

Experts cited a “very rare” chance of people experiencing an allergic reaction to it.

The medicines being recalled include:

• Boots Night Cough Relief Oral Solution

• Boots Dry Cough Syrup 6 Years+

• Boots Day Cold & Flu Relief Oral Solution

• Cofsed Linctus

• Care Pholcodine 5mg/5ml Oral Solution Sugar Free

• Galenphol Linctus

• Galenphol Paediatric Linctus

• Galenphol Strong Linctus

• Covonia Dry Cough Sugar Free Formula

• Pholcodine Linctus Bells Healthcare 5mg Per 5ml Oral Solution

• Numark Pholcodine 5mg per 5ml Oral Solution

• Well Pharmaceuticals Pholcodine 5mg per 5ml Oral Solution

• Superdrug Pholcodine Linctus BP

• Strong Pholcodine Linctus BP

• Pholcodine Linctus BP

• Strong Pholcodine Linctus BP

• Pholcodine Linctus

• Day & Night Nurse Capsules

• Day Nurse Capsules

• Day Nurse

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