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To relieve cold symptoms, the first instinct is often to turn to vasoconstrictor drugs, which aim to unclog the nose. These drugs are available over the counter, but the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) reminds us that there are precautions to be taken because they can cause rare but serious adverse effects: stroke, heart attack, abnormally high blood pressure, gastrointestinal bleeding. -intestinal or skin reactions.
The drugs concerned
- Actifed Lp allergic rhinitis
- active cold
- Actifed cold day and night
- Dolirhume paracetamol and pseudoephedrine
- Dolirhumepro paracetamol pseudoephedrine and doxylamine
- Humex cold
- Nurofen cold
- Rhinadvil cold ibuprofen/pseudoephedrine
- Rhinadvilcaps cold ibuprofen/pseudoephedrine
- Rhinureflex
- Rhumagrip
What precautions should be taken ?
These oral medications should not be taken at the same time as nasal vasoconstrictors, or at the same time as other medications containing paracetamol or ibuprofen. They should also not be taken for more than 5 days in a row.
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