Press release by MHRA on 14 September 2012
A Walsall man was today sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years, on two counts of the sale, supply and possession of an unlicensed cream named ‘Super Soraderm’. The cream was marketed for use on children but it could cause some serious skin diseases.
Mohammed Rashid, aged 54, a director of a limited company, M&T Supermarkets, which has premises at 147 – 153 Caldmore Road, Wallsall, was also ordered to 200 hours of community service on each of the counts to run concurrently.
Mr Rashid was selling ‘Super Soraderm’ for £12.99 a tub and sold approximately 50 tubs every four weeks. M & T Supermarkets were fined a total of £20,000. Both were ordered to share the payment of costs of £6,944.00.
It was brought to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) attention by Birmingham Children’s hospital when children had become ill after parents had used ‘Super Soradem’ which contained the prescription only medicine Clobetasol Propionate - a very strong steroid that should only be prescribed by a doctor and applied sparingly.
One case involved a three-year-old boy who had developed viral warts on his body and another case involved an eight-year-old boy who had to be referred to an urgent eye clinic due to severe eczema round the eyes as a result of using the cream.
Nimo Ahmed, MHRA Acting Head of Enforcement, said “We strongly advise anyone using this product to stop immediately. Steroid based creams should only be used under the supervision of a medical professional. This is a clear example of the blatant disregard for people’s health that some will go to in order to make money.”
Professor Celia Moss, a dermatology consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, who has seen first-hand the damage such strong steroids can cause to young skin, after children were treated for skin and eye problems as a result of using the cream said “People need to be aware that products being sold as ‘miracle’ treatments could contain powerful steroids. These are steroids that should only be used under medical supervision.”
A Walsall man was today sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years, on two counts of the sale, supply and possession of an unlicensed cream named ‘Super Soraderm’. The cream was marketed for use on children but it could cause some serious skin diseases.
Mohammed Rashid, aged 54, a director of a limited company, M&T Supermarkets, which has premises at 147 – 153 Caldmore Road, Wallsall, was also ordered to 200 hours of community service on each of the counts to run concurrently.
Mr Rashid was selling ‘Super Soraderm’ for £12.99 a tub and sold approximately 50 tubs every four weeks. M & T Supermarkets were fined a total of £20,000. Both were ordered to share the payment of costs of £6,944.00.
It was brought to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) attention by Birmingham Children’s hospital when children had become ill after parents had used ‘Super Soradem’ which contained the prescription only medicine Clobetasol Propionate - a very strong steroid that should only be prescribed by a doctor and applied sparingly.
One case involved a three-year-old boy who had developed viral warts on his body and another case involved an eight-year-old boy who had to be referred to an urgent eye clinic due to severe eczema round the eyes as a result of using the cream.
Nimo Ahmed, MHRA Acting Head of Enforcement, said “We strongly advise anyone using this product to stop immediately. Steroid based creams should only be used under the supervision of a medical professional. This is a clear example of the blatant disregard for people’s health that some will go to in order to make money.”
Professor Celia Moss, a dermatology consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, who has seen first-hand the damage such strong steroids can cause to young skin, after children were treated for skin and eye problems as a result of using the cream said “People need to be aware that products being sold as ‘miracle’ treatments could contain powerful steroids. These are steroids that should only be used under medical supervision.”
