Nany Maree
Norway pulled it in 2007. Sweden stopped selling it in the late eighties. We pulled it this week.
Pholcodine. It's been in cough syrups and lozenges since the 1950s, and the TGA has recalled 44 products and cancelled 11 more. There have been 50 suspected reactions here, including one death, tied to anaphylaxis under anaesthetic.
The TGA boss made a point I know from my front desk years. Surgeries may ask about your prescriptions, but they may not ask about what you bought over the counter.
So anything I've taken for a cough in the past twelve months goes on my list before any operation. One professor said it's amazing it lasted so long. I'd like to know why it did.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2023-02-28
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