Police in Thane, Maharashtra, have confiscated 238 bottles of banned codeine syrup valued at Rs 53,550 from a motorcyclist.

The "best" cough medicine is ultimately based on the type of cough you have, as well as evaluation of possible side effects. The three main types of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines adults can use ...

No one really suspects anything even if there are people around. It would be like, "Oh yeah he needs some cough medicine" but I didn't plan on taking the normal dose. I wanted to go all the way.

Putting on their detective hats, the NDEWS team discovered that increased saccharine in drugs was caused by users adding cough syrup to promethazine. The signal for this combination was detected ...

Cough syrups can carry an increased risk of bacterial growth once opened. Dr Grant said: “Once opened, cough syrups can last ...

If you give your kid Tylenol and then measure out a cough syrup that includes acetaminophen, you may not realize you’ve doubled up on the same medication. Cold medicines may not always help ...

Merck filed for approval of gefapixant in March 2021 on the strength of a pair of phase 3 trials – COUGH-1 and COUGH-2 – which found that the drug reduced 24-hour cough frequency by 18% and 15 ...

However, because gefapixant was only marginally more effective than placebo in treating unexplained or refractory chronic cough, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not approve the drug.

what kind of things make their cough better?" he notes. Dr. Duffy says asthma, reflux, post-nasal drip, and drugs like ACE inhibitors for blood pressure, cause the most coughs. GERD, or reflux ...

It's worth noting that the agreement has been forged a few months after Merck suffered a setback in its attempt to secure FDA approval for a potentially first-in-class drug for chronic cough ...