Batches of medicines sold successful Tesco and Asda person been recalled from suppliers.

By Hanna Geissler, Health Editor

13:56, Tue, Jan 21, 2025 | UPDATED: 13:56, Tue, Jan 21, 2025

Four over-the-counter cough medicines were affected

Four over-the-counter cough medicines were affected (Image: Getty)

Cough medicines sold successful Tesco and Asda person been recalled from suppliers implicit “foreign worldly detected successful immoderate bottles”. 

Over-the-counter cause shaper Bells Healthcare is investigating aft a lawsuit reported contamination successful a product.

A Class 2 medicines callback announcement published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency listed 4 affected products.

They were definite batches of Tesco Health Dry Cough Relief 200ml, Asda Strong Dry Tickly Cough 200ml, Almus Dry Cough Relief and Bells Dual Action Dry Cough.

Retailers were instructed to halt supplying the listed batches instantly and to quarantine each remaining banal and instrumentality it to their supplier.

Patients bash not request to instrumentality the products but were advised to “be vigilant for immoderate disposable contamination and interaction a healthcare nonrecreational if they person immoderate concerns related to the product”.

The announcement added: “Patients who acquisition adverse reactions oregon person immoderate questions astir the medication, should question aesculapian attention.”

The affected products each incorporate dextromethorphan hydrobromide, which is utilized to temporarily relieve coughs caused by the communal cold, flu oregon different respiratory conditions.

The medicine tin assistance easiness a cough but does not dainty the underlying cause.

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