Six products marketed at under-2s that are being removed from open shelves. They can still be supplied by a pharmacist for treating older children.

Buttercup Infant Cough Syrup (Chefaro)

Boots Chesty Cough Syrup 1 yr Plus

Boots Sore Throat and Cough Linctus 1 yr Plus

CalCough Chesty (McNeil)

Childrens Chesty Cough (Bell’s Sons & Company)

Asda Childrens Chesty Cough Syrup (Bell’s Sons & Company)

Products that will be temporarily removed from shelves until their packaging can be changed. The MHRA advises that that these products should no longer be used for children below two years old.

Products authorised for use in children under two years (and above)

Paediatric Cough Relief

Boots Night Time Cough Syrup 1 year plus

Tixylix Catarrh Syrup

Tixycolds Syrup

Bronalin Junior Linctus

Junior Meltus Night Time

Histalix Syrup

Dozal Oral Solution

Fedril Paediatric Elixir

Medised For Children

Kafalin Syrup

Ransoms Paediatric Diphenhydramine Linctus

Line Range Cough Relief For Children Syrup

Calcold

Calpol Night

Benylin Childrens Night Cough

Tixylix Cough And Cold Linctus

Paediatric Nirolex

Tixylix Chesty Cough Linctus

Optrex Expectorant Liquid 50mg/5ml

Robitussin Chesty Cough Medicine 100mg

Jnr Meltus Chesty Cough With Catarrh

Altons Junior Cough Mixture

Galloway's Cough Expectorant

Liqufruta Garlic Cough Medicine

Cupal Expectorant

Benylin Children's Coughs And Colds

Otrivine Child Nasal Drops

Nasal Drops For Children

Iliadin Mini Paediatric

Children’s Dry Cough 1 Year Plus

Tixylix Night Cough

Tixylix Dry Cough

Galen Pholcodine Linctus 5mg/Ml

Galen Paed Linctus 5mg/Ml

Rusco Pholcodine Linctus

Cough Relief For Children

Benylin Childrens Dry Cough

Pinewood Pholcodine Linctus

Crescent Pholcodine Linctus

Pavacol-D

Glycerin Lemon And Honey With Glucose And Ipecacuanha

Glycerin, Lemon and Honey

Glycerin, Lemon, Honey And Ipecac Syrup

Lemeze Cough Syrup

Cherry Cough Mixture

Childrens Blackcurrents Cough Syrup

Buttercup Syrup Honey And Lemon

Bell's Chesty Cough Compound Of Glycerin,Lemon & Ipecacuanha

Glycerin, Lemon And Honey With Glucose And Ipecacuanha

Beehive Balsam

Children's Cough Expectorant

Anglian Pharma Troublesome Coughs

Hill's Balsam Chesty Cough Liquid For Children

Glycerin, Lemon, Honey & Ipecacuanha Linctus

Products authorised for use in children between two and six years (and above)

Paediatric Catarrh Syrup

Fedril Expectorant

Boots Decongestant Syrup 2 Years Plus

Children's Night-Time Cough And Cold Remedy

Cofsed Linctus

Cofsed Paediatric Linctus

Vantage Galpseud Plus Linctus, Galpseud Plus Linctus

Bronchial Cough Mixture

Boots Cough And Decongestant Syrup 2 Years Plus

Lemsip Cough Chesty

Beechams Veno's Expectorant

Vicks Cough Syrup For Chesty Coughs

Vicks Chesty Cough Syrup 100mg/5ml

Vicks Vaposyrup for Chesty Coughs for Children

Robitussin Chesty Cough With Congestion

Family Meltus Chesty Coughs

Glycerin Lemon & Honey Cough Syrup

Galloway's Bronchial Cough Care

Asda Chesty Cough Syrup

Fedril For Chesty Coughs

Expectorant Cough Syrup

Numark Children's Chesty Cough Syrup

Junior Expectorant Elixir

Multi-Action Actifed Chesty Coughs

Non-Drowsy Sudafed Expectorant

Nirolex For Dry Coughs

Vicks Cough Syrup With Honey For Dry Coughs

Covonia For Children

Junior Meltus Dry Coughs With Congestion

Paranorm Cough Syrup

Tusana Cough Linctus

Multi-Action Actifed Dry Coughs

Non-Drowsy Sudafed Linctus

Child Sugar Free Decongestant

Galpseud Linctus

Bronalin Decongestant

Pseudoephedrine Hc1 Syrup

Pseudoephedrine Elixir

Afrazine Nasal Spray 0.05% W/V

Pholcodine Linctus

Optrex Cough Linctus

Cofsed Paediatric Linctus

Pholcodine Linctus

Bell Pholcodine Linctus

Pinewood Pholcodine

Seton Cupal Linctus

Wise Pholcodine Linctus

Children's Cough Pastilles

Allens, Pine And Honey Balsam

Curator' Cold And Influenza Mixture

Honey And Molasses Cough Mixture

Herbal Concepts Asthma And Catarrh Relief

Glycerine Lemon And Honey Linctus

Roberts Cold Tablets

Children's Cough Balsam Linctus

Ransom's Glycerin, Lemon, Honey & Ipecacuanha Linctus

Fennings Little Healers

Childrens Chesty Cough Pastilles

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