The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started to review drugs containing pseudophedrine, an element used to treat congestion during a cold or flu. The alarm has gone off, as he intuits, due to the growing suspicions that it affects the blood vessels of the brain and promote the development of diseases that enhance this pathology. In this way, the EMA security body has gone on to review a long list of 31 medicines due to the appearance of cases, although reduced, who suffer from encephalopathy or reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome.
“PRES and RCVS can involve reduced blood supply (ischemia) to the brain and can cause serious and life-threatening complications in some cases. Common symptoms associated with PRES and RCVS include headache, nausea, and seizures.“, the EMA has communicated in a press release. These drugs are the following, and vary from well-known brand products such as ibuprofen to gelocatil and Frenadol.
- bisolfren
- Cinfatós Comple
- Decongestant Cinfatós
- ClaritynePlus
- cold cutter C
- Decongestant Frenadol
- frenaxsin
- Gelocatil Influenza With Pseudoephedrine
- Grippal With Pseudoephedrine And Dextromethorphan
- Ibuprofen/Pseudoephedrine Nutra Essential
- Ilvisinus
- Inistolin Pediatric Cough And Congestion
- Iniston Mucus And Congestion
- Iniston Cough And Congestion
- lasa with codeine
- Narine Repetabs
- pharmafren
- pharmatusgrip
- Pseudoephedrine Farmalider
- React
- Respidin
- Respidin Antiallergic
- Respidine Expectorant Junior
- rhinobactil
- Rino Ebastel
- stopcold
- Thermalgin Cold
- Vincigrip
- Vincigrip Forte Cocoa Flavor
- Vincigrip Forte Orange Flavor
- Virlix Plus
Pseudoephedrine, a composition that stimulates norepinephrine
Pseudoephedrine is combined with other medications to treat nasal congestion. To relieve symptoms, it contracts inflamed mucous membranes and reduces swelling and congestion, clearing the airways. It comes in normal capsules and liquid solution to be administered orally.
