Health experts in Europe are looking into links between over-the-counter drugs commons used for colds and flus and serious health conditions
According to reports, European officials will now examine whether the chemical pseudoephedrine needs to be re-designated as dangerous meaning it could be banned or made prescription only.The chemical is used in the most popular painkillers, decongestants, cold and flu medicines sold in shops across the Europe.
Health chiefs at the European Medicines Agency started a review into the drug just a few weeks ago, "following concerns about the risk of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome , conditions affecting blood vessels in the brain." According to the European Medicines Agency: "The review follows new data from a small number of cases of PRES and RCVS in people using pseudoephedrine-containing medicines which were reported in pharmacovigilance databases and the medical literature."
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