A GP is urging people to carry out a spring clean of their medicine cabinets and dispose of any items that have gone out of date. Expired drugs may no longer have the desired effect or could even ...

Robitussin cough syrup sold nationwide has been recalled due to microbial contamination, which could lead to deadly infections for immunocompromised people, according to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

We all know the saying “Prevention is better than cure.” But what if the very medicines we trust to cure us become a source of harm? Every strip of tablets, every bottle of syrup, and every tube of ...

In recent weeks, drug regulatory and enforcement agencies in India have launched widespread raids and filed cases against illegal suppliers of codeine-based cough syrups, highlighting both their ...

In December 2019, Jafar Din’s two-month-old son Irfan was coughing and feverish. Din left their single-room home in the Himalayan mountains and traveled 10 km (6 miles) to the nearest pharmacy, where ...