Buttercup 200ml Original Syrup

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Active ingredients: Each 5ml of Syrup contains: 3.1 Microlitres of Extract (as Liquid Extract) from Squill Bulb (Drimia Maritima (L.) Stearn.) (1:1) Extraction Solvent: Ethanol 65% v/v, 2.5 Microlitres of Tincture from Capsicum Oleoresin (Capsicum Annuum L. Var. minimum (Miller) Heiser) (1:10) Extraction Solvent: Ethanol 96% v/v, Other ingredients: Acacia Powder, Caramel Colour (E150), Ethanol, Levomenthol, Clove Oil, Peppermint Oil, Sodium Methyl Hydroxybenzoate (E219), Sodium Propyl Hydroxybenzoate (E217), Aniseed Flavour, Purified Water, Carmoisine (E122), Sunset Yellow (E110), Strong Ginger Tincture (Ginger, Ethanol, Water), Acetic Acid, Saccharin Sodium, Partial Invert Syrup (Sucrose, Fructose and Glucose), Potassium Sorbate When looking to write this article one thing I discovered was how difficult it can be to find vegan friendly allergy medication!

The action comes more than three months after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the withdrawal of all pholcodine-containing medicines from the EU market after its own review of the safety data. The EMA’s decision drew on results from the Alpho study, which found that the risk of NMBA-related anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction to NMBAs, was four times greater when patients had taken pholcodine. If you see any of those ingredients on your list, then your product doesn’t use vegan friendly ingredients. Choose Covonia Chesty Cough syrup when you want to get rid of that cough and eliminate mucus without increasing your sugar intake. Suitable for adults, the elderly and children over 12. You should also seek medical advice before taking any medication if necessary, a medical professional is the only person who can give you advice on which medications to take and why, so you should trust them over anything you can read on the internet.Side effects have not been reported with this medicine. If you think you have had an allergic reaction to it, stop using the cough syrup and get medical advice. There are currently no other medicines available in the UK that contain squill liquid extract and capsicum tincture as the active ingredients.

However, remember that you should not change any medication you are taking without seeking advice from your doctor or pharmacist first, even if the ingredients do not turn out to be vegan. If you’re choosing a medication and aren’t sure whether the product you want to use has vegan friendly ingredients, the best thing you can do is to ask your doctor, pharmacist, or the manufacturer for advice. To treat a chesty cough, you’ll need to look for a cough medicine that contains expectorants- active ingredients that can help break up the mucus so your body can get rid of it. This product contains alcohol so may impair ability to drive or operate machinery - do NOT drive or use machinery if affected by this medicine. I know that this may not be what some of you want to hear, but until the pharmaceutical industry becomes more vegan friendly as a whole, there’s not much else we can say.

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For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist. Can I take Buttercup original cough syrup with other medicines? This doesn’t make you a “bad vegan” (whatever that means) if you take the medication you need, it simply means that you’re taking responsibility for your own health and caring for yourself properly, and that’s a good thing in the grand scheme of it all.