BRITAIN'S Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched a social media campaign to promote reporting of suspected side effects from OTC medicines.
Part of an EU-wide awareness week, the campaign highlights potential side effects such as headaches, a sore stomach, flu-like symptoms or even 'feeling a bit off'.
"Reporting these can help regulators monitor medicines on the market and take action as appropriate," the MHRA said.
Regulators such as MHRA rely on the reporting of suspected side effects to make sure medicines on the market are acceptably safe.
"Unfortunately all reporting systems suffer from under-reporting - this is why our campaign is important to both raise awareness and help strengthen the system," the regulator said.
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