MOH issues cancellation, recall for pholcodine products
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says pholcodine is found in some dry cough treatments, asking pharmacists to quarantine affected products. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 23, 2023.
“There is a risk of anaphylaxis with the use of muscle-relaxant or neuromuscular blocking agents during the general anaesthesia process, especially to those who have taken medicines containing pholcodine in the past 12 months. He said DCA’s decision to cancel the registration and recall of products containing pholcodine was based on evidence from various parties, including the “Allergy to Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Pholcodine Exposure” study.
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