Codeine-containing painkillers may soon no longer be available over the counter in Australian pharmacies. Philippa Willitts/Flickr, CC BY-NC Australia’s drug regulator is looking into reclassifying ...

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Cough syrup containing codeine could only be available via a GP under new proposals. (Getty Images) Cough syrup – or codeine linctus – could be made prescription-only over concerns of addiction among ...

For a medicine so commonly found in bathroom cabinets and high street pharmacies, codeine has a surprisingly complicated ...

Medicines containing codeine will not be sold over the counter starting in 2018, following a decision by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. (TGA)The T-G-A says the move is in response to ongoing ...

Australia has become the latest country to ban over-the-counter sales of medications containing the opioid painkiller codeine. The new regulation, which will come into effect on 1 February 2018, is ...

From February 1, 2018 all products that contain codeine will only be available for sale in pharmacies with a prescription. This means you won’t be able to buy brands like Nurofen Plus, Panadeine or ...