{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/597945.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":597945,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Remove all know allergens from antihistamines and other medications.","background":"The inclusion of known allergens in the manufacture of medications. poses a threat to people with allergic illness.  This applies to all medications not only those for allergies. Either they risk their lives with the allergen or have no treatment at all.","additional_details":"This is an issue for the manufacturers of medications. \r\nPeople suffering from allergic illness are forced to play Russian roulette with their lives, chancing a medication with a known allergen or leaving a medical condition untreated. The hunt for an allergen free preparation delays treatment and is often unfruitful.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":13,"created_at":"2021-09-27T14:06:40.145Z","updated_at":"2021-10-01T10:21:02.533Z","rejected_at":"2021-10-01T10:20:53.360Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-09-27T20:37:18.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Decisions on the safety of medicines which can be made available in the UK is a matter for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), not the UK Government or Parliament.\r\n\r\nIf you have specific concerns about the effects of a certain medicine on those with allergies, you could report this through the MHRA's 'Yellow Card' scheme. You can find out more about this here: https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/the-yellow-card-scheme/.\r\n\r\nYou could have a petition calling for a review of how the NHS supports allergy sufferers, if that is something you'd like to see happen."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}