HC Deb 03 March 1972 vol 832 cc203-4W
Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will take action to reduce the risk of death from panadol and paracetemol.

Mr. Alison

The abuse of any medicine can be hazardous. The Medicine Commission is at present considering what restrictions should, in the interests of safety, be placed on the retail sale of medicines, including paracetemol. The facts of a fatality recently reported in the press are being brought to the Commission's notice.