No traces of toxic compound in Benylin Cough Syrup.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) says it has found no traces of diethylene glycol in the Benylin paediatric cough syrup.
This comes after SAHPRA recalled two batches of the cough syrup in April after the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) raised concerns about the medicine containing high levels of diethylene glycol.
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The effects of diethylene glycol include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, inability to pass urine, headache, altered mental state, and acute kidney injury that may lead to death.
SAHPRA – South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
“As part of the investigation of the reported high levels of diethylene glycol, SAHPRA tested samples of the two affected batches of Benylin paediatric syrup through an independent laboratory and a method developed by the World Health Organisation for testing products for the presence of diethylene glycol. The tests did not find traces of diethylene glycol in the recalled batches,” the statement read.
SAHPRA said that there was no record of any adverse drug reactions relating to diethylene glycol for the two recalled batches in South Africa or anywhere else in Africa.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has found no traces of toxic compound in Benylin Cough Syrup.