§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ensure that the data sheets, issued in connection with para-seltzer, contain the information, at present absent, that this is a drug unsuitable for patients on a restricted sodium intake.
§ Dr. OwenSodium bicarbonate is often present in efferverscent analgesics, together with a substance such as citric acid, for the dissolution of the tablets. It is not regarded as an active ingredient, and accordingly its presence is not required to be stated on the data sheet.
My Department has asked the company marketing the product in question to consider the inclusion of a suitable warning about its use for patients on a restricted sodium intake in future reprints of the data sheets.