Make sure it doesn't include codeine or hydrocodone, because the Food and Drug Administration says the opioid ingredients could pose some serious safety risks. 70 ° Local ...

Cough medications that contain opioids like codeine should not ever be taken by kids and they’ll now need to be labeled to make that clear, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

An article describes the first published case of a confusional state in a healthy 14-year-old girl attributed to excessive consumption of over the counter cough medicine that contained codeine.

ALHAMBRA (CBSLA.com) — Pharmacies across Los Angeles are experiencing a shortage of a cough syrup with codeine as the cold and flu season takes a toll. CBS2 first learned of the shortage of ...

Popular medication available over the counter includes Adco-Dol, Nurofen Plus and Benylin with Codeine cough syrup. The implementation of an up-scheduling status has not yet been confirmed.

Bryan Acevedo, 25, and Luz Gonzalez, 29, are accused of selling promethazine with codeine syrup a dangerous mixture of drugs, which are added to make a drink consumed by young adults. A Lancaster ...

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 ...

Do you reach for the cough syrup when your little one catches a cold? Make sure it doesn’t include codeine or hydrocodone, because the Food and Drug Administration says the opioid ingredients ...