Be careful, drugs sold to counter symptoms related to allergies, a cold or the flu might represent a health hazard.
Precautions should be taken. A class of drugs, sold for symptoms related to a cold, allergies or the flumight represent a health hazard, as relayed Current wife, Thursday, February 16. Our colleagues rely on information provided by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in a notice published six days ago. These drugs might therefore be prohibited for sale. EMA warns once morest brain risksin connection with taking these drugs which contain a substance present in various treatments: pseudoephedrine.
Concretely, what are the drugs marketed in France, containing pseudoephedrine, which are found in the viewfinder? The full list is to be found here, on the website of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM). In detail, we find in particular Nurofen Cold, Dolirhume Paracetamol, Humex Cold or l’Aspirine Complex.
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Dangerous drugs: what is pseudoephedrine?
Pseudoephedrine, taken orally with a large glass of water, acts to decrease mucus production in the nose and swelling, notes the weekly magazine. Its effectiveness is explained by its action on the nerve endings. Said endings will release the chemical norepinephrine, which will cause “la constriction [le rétrécissement, Ndlr] blood vessels”said the European agency, quoted by the news site.
