The Lucknow unit of the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a man in connection with the illegal storage and smuggling of codeine-laced cough syrup for intoxicating purposes, STF officials said on ...

The department's drug inspection team took this action after irregularities were found during an inspection of the drug manufacturing unit, they said. During the inspection on Monday, officials from ...

Montreal’s public health department is warning parents and teenagers about a fake cough syrup in circulation that’s laced with a highly addictive opioid and a depressant that can cause overdose deaths ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on October 10 that toxic cough syrups linked to the deaths of children in India had not been exported to the United States. The agency ...

Montreal Public Health officials are warning that a purple syrup in circulation, which mimics the appearance of cough medicine, is a fake product that could be lethal. The product, which looks like an ...

Observing that codeine preparations exceeding permissible limits attract the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the Allahabad high court recently denied bail to two accused ...

India’s drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country’s cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses, its ⁠chief said on Monday (January 23, 2026), amid heightened scrutiny after India-made ...

Q: I have had an upper respiratory problem since late December. I tested negative for both COVID-19 and the flu, but I still have a hacking cough. I am not enthusiastic about cough medicine. Can you ...

Bhopal: Toxic diethylene glycol (DEG), found in the cough syrup, Coldrif, beyond permissible limits, may be the key reason for the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district in ...

MUMBAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - India's drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country's cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses, its chief said on Monday, amid heightened scrutiny after ...

As cold and flu season continues to linger, countless people find themselves battling coughs that refuse to fade quickly. While most coughs are harmless and tied to minor infections, they can ...