Soon you may need doctor’s prescription for cough syrups

The federal government is contemplating whether or not cough syrups needs to be bought on the prescription of a registered medical practitioner (RMP) solely. A sub-committee of consultants has been constituted to look at the requirement of RMPs for the sale of varied cough syrups within the nation, folks within the know advised ET.

Cough syrups are broadly accessible over-the-counter as of now.

The Medication Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), India’s apex drug advisory physique, in its assembly final month was additionally contemplating a proposal for exempting dried Ivy leaf extract sugar free cough syrup from the necessities of a prescription.

Nevertheless, after deliberating the matter, the DTAB beneficial “{that a} sub-committee needs to be constituted to look at the requirement of RMP on the market of varied cough syrups within the nation,” the minutes of the assembly stated.

The sub-committee will even study the proposal to exempt dried Ivy leaf extract cough syrup from the warning “to be bought by retail within the prescription of RMP solely.”

India-made cough syrups have been underneath the scanner within the latest previous with many nations linking it with deaths of kids of their nations.