Press Release: European Medicines Agency confirms positive benefit-risk balance of pholcodine-containing cough medicines

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Series Details EMA/CHMP/898043/2011 (18.11.11)
Publication Date 18/11/2011
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The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), on 18 November 2011, confirmed that the benefits of pholcodine-containing cough medicines outweigh their risks and that these medicines should remain available for the treatment of non-productive (dry) cough in children and adults.

Pholcodine-containing medicines are marketed in the following EU Member States: Belgium, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, either subject to medical prescription or as over-the-counter medicines. They may be available as syrups, oral solutions, suppositories, tablets and capsules under various trade names and as generics.

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EMA: Press Release: EMA/CHMP/898043/2011 (18.11.11) http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Press_release/2011/11/WC500117812.pdf

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