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    Cough-and-cold medicines for children under 6?

    I've had a discussion with my colleague at work about the change of legislation that currently restricts sale of cough-and-cold products containing diphenhydramine, guaifenesine, pseudoephedrine etc. to children under 6 years old. I was told that there are still some products on the shelves in old packaging stating that they are for children "2+" which actually cannot be sold to under 6s. I thought that this change of recommendations refers only to children under 2, according to RPSGB guidance.
    Could you give me the names of the products with such misleading information on their packaging?
    Thank you all.

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    Re: Cough-and-cold medicines for children under 6?

    You can download a load of stuff here. One of them should have a useful list on it.

    Safety warnings and messages for medicines : MHRA
    ....just my opinion

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    Re: Cough-and-cold medicines for children under 6?

    The MHRA guidance does not call for the recall of older stock which may still have the old instructions/precautions therefore this may still be available.
    Their information is here:

    MHRA Information about cough medicinesz for Under 6 year olds
    and includes a list of affected products.

    Oh yeah as DavidS says above
    Last edited by LeftArm; 8th, February 2010 at 01:56 PM. Reason: Slow typing ....

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