A number of over-the-counter cough medicines have been recalled amid safety concerns, according to a regulatory body.
Boots is amongst the pharmacies issuing a warning to customers, with the retailers Day Cold & Flu Relief Oral Solution and Covonia Dry Cough Sugar Free Formula amongst products raising concern.
Regulators reviewed some medicines and found that a number contained the substance pholcodine. The substance may expose anyone taking the medicine to a "very rare" chance of severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) to muscle relaxants (neuromuscular blocking agents) when combined with general anaesthetic.
