questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance or instructions relating to the reduction or removal of sugar from prescription medicines; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of such changes on patients who are unable to tolerate artificial sweeteners.
answerText: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not issue specific guidance mandating the reduction or removal of sugar from prescription medicines. Decisions on formulation, including the use of sugars or artificial sweeteners as exci...
heading: Prescription Drugs: Sugar