EMA Starts Safety Review Of Cough Drugs Containing Pholcodine

 
• By Tom Gallen

The European Medicines Agency is reviewing the safety of cough suppressants containing the opioid pholcodine after a French study found new evidence linking these products to an increased risk of anaphylactic reactions to drugs used in general anesthesia.  

Pharmacovigilance (PV or PhV), also known as drug safety, is the pharmacological science to detection, monitoring, and prevention of adverse effects with pharmaceutical product. Medical safety concept
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