Cough syrups containing codeine linctus will no longer be sold in chemists in the UK because of concerns people are becoming addicted to the medicine. Several brands will now be reclassified and ...

Several brands are now being reclassified ... s “top priority”. She added: “Codeine linctus is an effective medicine for long term dry cough, but as it is an opioid, its misuse and abuse ...

The cough syrup creating a generation of ... only had access to a very limited amount of its brand of syrup, Emzolyn with codeine, and could not sell large quantities illegally.

Codeine phosphate 10mg, promethazine HCl 6.25mg; per 5mL; syrup; contains alcohol 7% ... acute febrile illness with productive cough, compromised respiratory function (eg, COPD, sleep apnea).

It contained a "narcotic-exempt" cough-syrup base fortified with codeine to equal 11.7 mg. of total antitussive agents per teaspoonful, administered usually at four-hour intervals. Case 1.

After trying every cough syrup and lozenge in the pharmacy ... Benzonatate capsules, which have the brand name Tessalon Perles or Zonatuss, are an option to reduce cough, but they’re only ...

Each box contains 35 pieces of Codeine and each piece goes for Sh900. He claims to make Sh1.6 million a week from the sale of the cough syrup. Mandera East OCS Albert Kipchumba says police are ...

Another U.S. drugmaker Abbott Laboratories Ltd also sells a codeine-based cough syrup brand in India under the name Phensedyl, which accounts for about a third of the Indian cough syrup market.

Assam Police seized 11,100 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup worth Rs two crore from a vehicle near Damcherra in the Cachar district of the state on Friday. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ...