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Health: ANSM warns against cold treatments
Health: ANSM warns against anti-cold treatments – (France 2)
Monday October 23, the ANSM issued a warning against cold treatments which can be dangerous. Explanations with Dr Kierzek, present on the 20 Heures set.
Monday October 23, the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) advises against the use of several anti-cold treatments, considered potentially dangerous. On the set of 20 Heures, Dr. Kierzek indicates that “these are vasoconstrictor medications which aim to relieve cold symptoms and unclog the vessels of the nose”. The eight drugs concerned all contain pseudoephedrine which will have a vasoconstriction role.
Stroke risks
This medication is used “the vessels of the nose”, “the only problem is that this pseudoephedrine targets the vessels of the nose, but does not target not specifically and the ships of the heart and brain are also affected, hence a relatively low risk of stroke or myocardial infarction.explains the doctor. According to him, a cold can be cured between 5 and 7 days, so “the game is not worth the effort”. He recalls that the procedure for placing medicines on the market is now European.