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India Mandates Prescription for Cough Syrups to Curb Misuse and Contamination
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India Mandates Prescription for Cough Syrups to Curb Misuse and Contamination

India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare now requires a doctor's prescription to buy cough syrups and other syrup medicines, ending over-the-counter sales. This move aims to prevent misuse, recreational drug use, and accidental poisoning, especially among adolescents and young adults, and addresses a history of contaminated Indian-made medicines causing child deaths globally.

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