Amoxicillin contains banned food colourant?

LateX'Dog · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:24

Ministers have agreed that six artificial food colourings should be phased out after research found a link with hyperactivity in children.

The Food Standards Agency called for the voluntary removal earlier this year while European regulators work to agree a continent-wide ban.

The food colourings should now be phased out by 2009.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7725316.stm

Just read the ingredients on my wife's Amoxicillin and it still contains this banned food colourant?

Are the rules for food and drugs different?

Just curious.

Burnsy2023 · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:27

LateX'Dog said:
Are the rules for food and drugs different?

Yes. Very different.

Tefal · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:35

LateX'Dog said:
Are the rules for food and drugs different?

is your wife eating her amoxicillin by the bag full every day?

and is she a small child?

aardvark · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:42

tiny amounts will have no effect whatsoever.

Vimes · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:47

Tefal said:
is your wife eating her amoxicillin by the bag full every day?

and is she a small child?

lol

LateX'Dog · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:48

Burnsy2023 said:
Yes. Very different.

Hmm ok.

Tefal said:
is your wife eating her amoxicillin by the bag full every day?

and is she a small child?

I'm not seeking an agenda or claiming anything, i was just asking a question...

aardvark said:
tiny amounts will have no effect whatsoever.

I'm not concerned, just i thought both food and drug E Numbers were universal, so a ban for the use in food meant the same for the drugs.

Judgeneo · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:52

Amoxicillin (INN), formerly amoxycillin (BAN), and abbreviated amox, is a moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections

No further comment.

Burnsy2023 · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:53

Judgeneo said:
No further comment.

It's a very common general use antibiotic. I don't see your point.

Judgeneo · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:54

Burnsy2023 said:
It's a very common general use antibiotic. I don't see your point.

I don't really know medicines

Destination · 29 Jun 2013 at 12:58

LateX'Dog said:
Hmm ok.

I'm not seeking an agenda or claiming anything, i was just asking a question...

I'm not concerned, just i thought both food and drug E Numbers were universal, so a ban for the use in food meant the same for the drugs.

Is it old amoxycillin, or stuff she had prescribed in the past week?
You sholdnt keep old medicines, especially antibiotics.

Burnsy2023 · 29 Jun 2013 at 13:00

Judgeneo said:
I don't really know medicines

I happen to live with two pharmacists and no, that's not a euphemism.

Shadz · 29 Jun 2013 at 13:01

Being a nurse I know medication and I can say that the colouring in food and drugs is the
laws and stuff that surround this area are totally different, the amount to which goes into
drugs such as Amoxicillin is a small trace compared to what was used in food, As it literally
is only used for people in the medical profession to identify the table incase they are needed to.
Hence why it also has letter on the tablet as well.

Glaucus · 29 Jun 2013 at 13:18

where did you get banned from?
its a voluntary withdrawal, with EU looking at a ban, but no ban issued.

Found EU in 2010 said the six colourants had to be specifically labelled, but still nothing about an outright ban

On July 20, 2010 new food coloring legislation went into effect in the EU which requires special labeling of foods containing six colorants. - See more at: http://www.befoodsmart.com/blog/tag/quinoline-yellow/#sthash.CNGeTVFO.dpuf

Tefal · 29 Jun 2013 at 15:38

Shadz said:
Being a nurse I know medication.

No. Just, no.

d_brennen · 29 Jun 2013 at 15:42

Tefal said:
No. Just, no.

Well, you would hope a nurse did know something about medications...

Tefal · 29 Jun 2013 at 15:44

d_brennen said:
Well, you would hope a nurse did know something about medications...

They really don't.

Burnsy2023 · 29 Jun 2013 at 16:23

Tefal said:
They really don't.

What?

Destination · 29 Jun 2013 at 16:50

Burnsy2023 said:
What?

Some do, some don't, its like everything else in life, depends on job role, and how much interest the person shows.

As for the OP, I see he has done his post thread, reply one soon after the post, then run routine as per usual.

G-MAN2004 · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:32

Tefal said:
They really don't.

What, every single nurse in the country, or just the odd few that you've happened to speak to?

Tefal · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:34

G-MAN2004 said:
What, every single nurse in the country, or just the odd few that you've happened to speak to?

the many I've had to deal with any the many my brother (doctor) has had to deal with.

there's a reason they can't do anything medication wise but carry the drugs over to the patient.