Many cough medicines are disappearing off shelves over a safety concern.
Dr Hilary and Dr Layla Hannbeck, from the association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies were on Good Morning Britain talking all things health with hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls. One of the biggest headlines today was that 20 brands of cough medicines had been taken off the shelves over concerns for ingredient pholcodine.
The ingredient has been proven to sometimes cause a life-threatening reaction if you have it with general anaesthetic. This means that if you take the medicine and then go for an operation then you could be endangering yourself.
