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A UK COMPANY is recalling certain batches of Tixylix cough and cold medicines for infants because of a manufacturing defect that may result in small pieces of plastic being found in the bottles.
Noravartis Consumer Health UK said the manufacturing defect is with the tamper seal. While no pieces of plastic have been found in the medicines and the potential occurrence of the defect is low, the company is recalling the batches as a precaution, it said.
Consumers are being asked to return these products to the place of purchase for a refund.
“The health and safety of our consumers is always our highest priority,” the company said in a statement.
The medicines being recalled are Tixylix Baby Syrup, Tixilix Blackcurrant Flavour Syrup, Tixylix Chesty Cough and Tixylix Toddler Syrup. More details on the specific batches being recalled can be found here.
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Phew, at least it there not recalling the preparation H, and ‘Fire in the hole’ anal itch cream I ordered from them for herself for Xmas.
Lucky woman your missus!!
I’m thoughtful. As Confucius says, ‘they who go to bed with itchy bum, wake up with smelly finger’.
Plus, it was 50% off.
Bit of an ass fixation going on!?!
No, I got her vagisil too.
You have to be the most thoughtful husband ever!! I hope she appreciates it!!!
My pharmacist told me that children’s cough medicines aren’t available here anymore, something about them being proved ineffective in under 12s? Please correct me if I’m wrong, it’s just that when I saw this article I thought, “Well that doesn’t pertain to children in Ireland”. I’d like to know for sure because my mother (who is from the UK) suggested that I buy this Tixilix stuff for my daughter.
No Laura you are right. Pharmacies here are not allowed to sell cough bottle to kids under 6 ( not 12) as they are not proven to work and have been proven to potentially have dangerous side effects. If these products are sold here they must have no active ingredients so are not cough bottles but not sure if you can even get them here.
That’s not true, you can get cough medicines for children here suitable from 2 years and upwards, the age recommendation on certain medications was changed from 2 to 6 years, not all of them.
In actual fact, there are a couple that are suitable from about 6 months onwards also.
There’s a throat syrup you can get for babies and children called Pharmony, but it’s just natural ingredients.
That’s right Hayley, its suitable from four months and contains glycerine, aniseed and lemon.
Completely irrelevant article: not one of those Tixylix products is currently available in Ireland!
For those debating what can and cannot be used by kids of what age, follow the link to the other story at the bottom of the article.
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