date:Aug 21, 2012
(HMPC) and from the UK Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee (HMAC) in issuing the warning.
The MHRA said the potential severity of the reactions warranted the alert, even as it acknowledged the risk of allergic reactions in children was low.
Children aged 12 years or over and adults can continue to use oral products containing Echinacea. Risks of side effects in older children and adults are reduced because they weigh more and in general catch fewer colds,it said.