{"id":90798,"date":"2026-06-16T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90798"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:27:10","slug":"india-bans-over-the-counter-cough-syrup-after-dozens-of-children-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/india-bans-over-the-counter-cough-syrup-after-dozens-of-children-die\/","title":{"rendered":"India bans over-the-counter cough syrup after dozens of children die"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA25MvzO.img?w=768&h=512&m=6\" alt=\"GettyImages-1235960919.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">India<\/a>\u00a0has banned the over-the-counter sale of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/cough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">cough<\/a>\u00a0syrups, now requiring a doctor\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/prescription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">prescription<\/a> for purchase, with the new rules effective immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/india-bans-over-the-counter-cough-syrup-after-dozens-of-children-die\/ar-AA25N3Tg?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a31778e01514f8b82849c7c30cb81dd&ei=58\">Read More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0has banned the over-the-counter sale of\u00a0cough\u00a0syrups, now requiring a doctor\u2019s\u00a0prescription for purchase, with the new rules effective immediately. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cough-syrup-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90799,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90798\/revisions\/90799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}