Abstract

While having a leisurely start to Sunday morning, and enjoying the luxury of reading the newspaper first before my husband commandeered it, I was delighted to read that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had announced aft er reviewing 69 commonly purchased cough and cold remedies for children, that there are no benefits in taking them. These relatively innocuous-looking substances can cause side-effects and allergic reactions, and have the potential for unintentional overdosage through dosage miscalculations, or through parents not realizing that combining two individually branded medications (which may contain the same base medicine and similar ingredients) could lead to overdosage. To avoid confusion, the MHRA has provided a list of medications that will gradually be removed from the shelves. It has also stated that an improved labelling system will be introduced, and that taking paracetemol or ibuprofen in the correct dosage relieves the symptoms of a cold adequately. These were things we already knew of course, but seeing the facts stated in a story in the popular press, following research by a respected body, gives us the evidence to support our practice.

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