BBC Africa investigation: Nigeria’s deadly codeine cough syrup epidemic Nigeria has announced a ban on the production and import of cough syrup containing codeine after a BBC investigation into ...

Cough syrups that contain codeine linctus will be banned under plans to crack down on people misusing the substance. The ...

Codeine linctus will now only be available with a doctor's note because people are worried that the cough syrup could be addictive. Before, you could buy this medicine in shops where they sell ...

Cough syrups containing codeine linctus will no longer be sold in chemists in the UK because of concerns people are becoming addicted to the medicine. Several brands will now be reclassified and ...

The NCB has seized 13,248 CBCS bottles and arrested five persons during the course of the operation so far, officials said. Advisory Alert: It has come to our attention that certain individuals ...

Each box contains 35 pieces of Codeine and each piece goes for Sh900. He claims to make Sh1.6 million a week from the sale of the cough syrup. Mandera East OCS Albert Kipchumba says police are ...

A traffic stop in Washington City ended in the arrest of a man and woman found to be suspects in a pharmacy burglary.

The standard cough suppressants—syrup, steam inhalations, potassium iodide, codeine and various barbiturates—had no effect. After eight days of steady coughing at 15-to-30-second intervals ...

A traffic stop in the city of Washington ended in the arrest of a man and woman found to be suspects in a pharmacy burglary.

and ‘Benylin Cough syrup with Codeine’. “Benylin, a member of the antihistamine drug family, contains codeine, a potent painkiller commonly used to suppress dry coughs. However, codeine ...

The Apapa Ports Customs Command has seized four 40-foot containers carrying illegal substances worth N1.1 billion.   The illegal commodities, mostly cough syrup containing codeine and barkadin, were ...