Was Calpol suspension licensed in Portugal in 2007?

[ferryman]

This thread has made me dizzy.

Paracetamol is illegal in Portugal?

Oh no it's not.

Pandaol is paracetamol:

https://www.panadol.com/pt

Calpol is paracetamol, except in lower doses, for children.

Calpol night was a drug consisting of paracetomal with an added ingredient to facilitate sleep.

Calpol night was not available on the market (at least in the UK) at the time of the McCanns' holiday.

[Angelo222]

This thread has made me dizzy.

Paracetamol is illegal in Portugal?

Oh no it's not.

Pandaol is paracetamol:

https://www.panadol.com/pt

Calpol is paracetamol, except in lower doses, for children.

Calpol night was a drug consisting of paracetomal with an added ingredient to facilitate sleep.

Calpol night was not available on the market (at least in the UK) at the time of the McCanns' holiday.

Maybe you should read the rest of this afternoons posts FM.  Calpol contains several ingredients which have questionable after effects on people.  It contains a hell of a lot more than just paracetamol.

Reading through this thread I can see why you and others are confused.  Johnson and Johnson were not licenced to sell Calpol in Portugal but buying it outside of Portugal and bringing it in for private use does not constitute illegality.  The illegality exists in retailing a pharmaceutical product which isn't licensed.

So the question as to whether Calpol was licenced for distribution in Portugal in 2007 is imo irrelevant to this case.

[Mr Gray]

Maybe you should read the rest of this afternoons posts FM.  Calpol contains several ingredients which have questionable after effects on people.  It contains a hell of a lot more than just paracetamol.

The main and active ingredient is paracetamol
The rest are preservatives that are found in most processed food

[ferryman]

And Calpol night was launched onto the market in England 4 months after the McCanns' holiday:

http://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/calpol-offers-new-profit-opportunity-in-children-s-medicine/

[Alfie]

What more do you want from Portuguese residents than you can't get it because it is not sold here?

Do you think Portuguese residents have secret import mechanisms to build up their stocks of such drugs, when they can walk into a chemist and buy a licensed equivalent?

Not being sold in Portugal does not mean it is illegal.  I don't suppose Pukka steak and kidney pies are sold in Portgual but it desn't make them illegal does it?

[mercury]

Not being sold in Portugal does not mean it is illegal.  I don't suppose Pukka steak and kidney pies are sold in Portgual but it desn't make them illegal does it?

A pharmaceutical which is not licensed for sale by the relevant medical authorities in any country is not legal, ergo illegal


So much ado about nothing and a million miles away from steak pies! Or fish and chips.

[ferryman]

A pharmaceutical which is not licensed for sale by the relevant medical authorities in any country is not legal, ergo illegal


So much ado about nothing and a million miles away from steak pies! Or fish and chips.

Probably just sold under a different brand-name.

And only illegal if there is a law, specifically, making it so.

[mercury]

Probably just sold under a different brand-name.

And only illegal if there is a law, specifically, making it so.

Sigh

It is a legal requirement to have a licence for pharmaceuticals, therefore logic tells us it is not legal ie illegal, to sell it

Why Calpol doesnt have one in PT is anyones guess. If its formulation is exactly the same as other paracetamol products available there, it can only be a marketing/selling/economic decision responsible

[ferryman]

Sigh

It is a legal requirement to have a licence for pharmaceuticals, therefore logic tells us it is not legal ie illegal, to sell it

Why Calpol doesnt have one in PT is anyones guess. If its formulation is exactly the same as other paracetamol products available there, it can only be a marketing/selling/economic decision responsible

It is a legal requirement to have a licence to sell pharmaceuticals.

[Mr Gray]

Sigh

It is a legal requirement to have a licence for pharmaceuticals, therefore logic tells us it is not legal ie illegal, to sell it

Why Calpol doesnt have one in PT is anyones guess. If its formulation is exactly the same as other paracetamol products available there, it can only be a marketing/selling/economic decision responsible

Calpol is not an illegal drug on Portugal
If it was then possession would be illegal
It is also not illegal to give children Calpol in portugal

[mercury]

It is a legal requirement to have a licence to sell pharmaceuticals.

Before that, it is a legal requirement for the manufacturers to have a licence to market the product in any particular country

[ferryman]

Sigh

It is a legal requirement to have a licence for pharmaceuticals, therefore logic tells us it is not legal ie illegal, to sell it

Why Calpol doesnt have one in PT is anyones guess. If its formulation is exactly the same as other paracetamol products available there, it can only be a marketing/selling/economic decision responsible

To take calpol on holiday with a child to Portugal is quite legal, unless there is a specific Portuguese law outlawing, even possession, of the drug as if illegal (in Portugal) which I doubt.

That Portugal may not, itself, sell the drug (under that name) is no guide whatever.

Portugal may well sell an identical product (Calpol) under a different name.

[ShiningInLuz]

Not being sold in Portugal does not mean it is illegal.  I don't suppose Pukka steak and kidney pies are sold in Portgual but it desn't make them illegal does it?

Pukka steak and kidney pies are sold in Portugal.

The makers conform to Portuguese regulations.

Therefore it is legal to buy and eat Pukka steak and kidney pies.

Just as it is legal to buy and eat Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies.

[Alfie]

Pukka steak and kidney pies are sold in Portugal.

The makers conform to Portuguese regulations.

Therefore it is legal to buy and eat Pukka steak and kidney pies.

Just as it is legal to buy and eat Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies.

That's a relief.  If I ever find myself unlucky enough to be in Portugal at least I won't have to eat any of that foreign muck.

[mercury]

To take calpol on holiday with a child to Portugal is quite legal, unless there is a specific Portuguese law outlawing, even possession, of the drug as if illegal (in Portugal) which I doubt.

That was never the issue afaiaw on this thread, and I would always take any detail in any tabloid story with a huge pinch of salt

Eta not even sure why this thread exists