Outdoors enthusiasts wanting to ease their muscular aches should check the packet contents
Outdoors enthusiasts nursing aches and pains have been warned that some batches of a well known painkiller may contain the wrong drugs.
The official Government body that oversees the safety of medicines said some packets of Nurofen Plus had been found to contain an anti-psychotic drug instead of the correct pain relief tablets.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said three instances of packets containing Seroquel XL had been found in pharmacies across the UK and warned the public to be vigilant.
The rogue drugs are in the form of large capsule-shaped 50mg tablets, which can be identified by their gold and black packaging, whereas Nurofen Plus tablets are smaller and in silver and black packaging.
Nurofen Plus, which contains the analgesic and anti-inflammatory ibuprofen along with codeine, an opioid, can only be dispensed in the presence of a pharmacist. Prescription-only Seroquel XL is used to treat several illnesses such as schizophrenia, mania and bipolar depression.
Ian Holloway from the MHRA’s Defective Medicines Report Centre said, “People should check to see if they have any affected packets of Nurofen Plus.
“If you do, return them to the pharmacy where you bought them from. You can also report this to the MHRA’s DMRC on 020 3080 6574.
“If you have taken a tablet and you have any questions, speak to your GP.”
Batch details of the affected medicines are on the MHRA’s website.
