Uttar Pradesh authorities seized illegal drugs and counterfeit medicines valued at over one crore rupees. The operation ...

Nigeria has intensified efforts to tackle the growing challenge of drug misuse while ensuring that patients who require controlled medicines for pain relief, mental health treatment and palliative ...

AROUND 10 million Brits are at risk of becoming addicted to over-the-counter painkillers, a survey has suggested. Codeine-based painkillers can be purchased without a prescription – known as an ...

For a medicine so commonly found in bathroom cabinets and high street pharmacies, codeine has a surprisingly complicated story. It sits at the intersection of pain relief, genetics, public health and ...

Indian police probe diversion of codeine-based cough syrups 30,000 bottles of Abbott's Phensedyl seized in November Phensedyl contains codeine, an opium derivative Abbott manufacturing plant was ...

GHAZIABAD, India, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Abbott Healthcare's supply chain is being scrutinised as part of a wider investigation into the alleged misuse of its codeine-based cough syrup ...