Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 08:14
Whether the sample of Abbott`s popular "Phensedyl" was a genuine product or a fake has not been established, but the suspect batch of 80,000 bottles has not been recalled.
Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 13:54
Cough syrup, which contained high dose of codeine and other drugs, is frequently used as an intoxicant among young people in the northeast.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 23:02
A senior Pakistani official has contended that an ingredient imported from India to make the medicine was to blame for the deaths in Pakistan.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 12:05
As many as 21 people who had excessively consumed the alleged toxic cough syrup and drugs were brought to hospital from different areas.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 14:54
Five more people have died in Gujranwala area of Pakistan after drinking a "poisonous" cough syrup, taking the death toll to 40 in nearly two months.
Last Updated: Friday, December 28, 2012, 19:07
At least eight men have died and a dozen others are in a critical condition after drinking adulterated cough syrup in Pakistan`s Punjab province, officials said.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 25, 2012, 16:31
At least 12 men died and several others were in a serious condition after drinking adulterated cough syrup in this eastern Pakistani city on Sunday, police said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 22:12
A senior Bangladesh army officer has been jailed and sacked for carrying hundreds of bottles of illegal cough syrup -- a popular drug in the south Asian country, an official said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 21:02
The Bombay HC today asked Maharashtra FDA, Drug Controller of India and Narcotic Commissioner of India to file a reply on a PIL alleging that the state Food and Drug Admin is allocating excess amounts of Codeine Phosphate.
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