Many fixed-dose combination drugs banned
Q. Codeine is famous as- Published on 21 Mar 16a. Sleeping drug
b. Pain Killing drug
c. Performance enhancement drug used in sports
d. Cough Medicine
ANSWER: Cough Medicine
- India banned 300-odd fixed-dose combination drugs.
- This brings in a ban on Codeine- once the world’s most lauded cough medicine.
- Once ingested, codeine could be rapidly converted to morphine within the body and that could dangerously spike blood levels, especially in children, and reports also have started to emerge of its role in hypoxia — or decreased oxygen supply to the brain.
- It is derived from opium.
- Given its opioid ancestry there were always clinical observations that cough syrups in high doses caused hallucinations, dizziness and were extremely addictive and reports also began to emerge of its popularity as a street drug because of its easy availability in pharmacies.
