Baby products linked to 33 deaths, The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has cautioned against contaminated baby products linked to the deaths of 33 babies.
Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup are products of an Indian company, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. Sahpra said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had detected the products in the Gambia. baby products linked to 33 deaths, “Thirty-three children in the Gambia died of kidney-related illness. The WHO conducted laboratory tests that linked the medication to those deaths. The four products contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which are toxic substances and can prove fatal,” said the regulator. It added side-effects linked to the products, include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, inability to pass urine, headache, altered mental state, and acute kidney injury.
baby products linked to 33 deaths, Sahpra CEO Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela said the regulator would work with law enforcement to remove the products. The WHO added the products did not meet quality standards and the pharmaceutical company had failed to assure it of their safety. It cautioned the products might have been distributed to other countries illegally. “If you have these substandard products, please do not use them. If you, or someone you know, have used these products, or suffered any adverse reaction or event after use, you are advised to seek immediate medical advice from a qualified healthcare professional and report the incident to the national regulatory authority,”
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