Since the 1990s, several mass poisonings from toxic cough syrup have occurred in developing countries. In these cases, an ingredient in cough syrup, glycerine (glycerol), was replaced with diethylene glycol, a cheaper alternative to glycerine for industrial applications. Diethylene glycol is nephrotoxic and can result in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), especially in children.[1]
^Bogdanich, Walt; Hooker, Jake (6 May 2007). "From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 March 2015. The syrupy poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in some antifreeze.
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The Uzbekistan coughsyrup scandal was a series of poisonings that resulted in the deaths of 18 children in Samarkand and two more children elsewhere...
a prescription as a time release tablet. Codeine is also marketed in coughsyrups with zero to a half-dozen other active ingredients, and a linctus (e...
40% The 10 countries below imported 56.5% of that total: In 2022, toxiccoughsyrups made by two companies in India were linked to the deaths of 70 children...
after ingesting the coughsyrups. As a result authorities in Indonesia banned all syrup medicines. However, they advised that the syrups suspected of causing...
Latin tussis, meaning cough, and ago, meaning to cast or to act on. It has had uses in traditional medicine, but the discovery of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids...
health ministry has said children died as a result of ethylene glycol in coughsyrup made by Marion Biotech, which is based at Noida, near New Delhi. Ethylene...
after the patron saint of swineherds. The popular British cough medicine Buttercup Syrup does not contain buttercup. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ranunculus bulbosa"...
The essential oil is also used in the manufacturing of toothpaste and coughsyrups. Nutmeg butter is obtained from the nut by expression. It is semisolid...
cough medicine laced with an opioid drug, codeine. The Nigerial government had previously estimated more than three million bottles of codeine syrup were...
compared the use of over-the-counter cough medicines with no treatment in children and adults exhibiting cough in the ambulatory or outpatient setting...
Abby Philips". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 March 2023. "Doctor slams Filocof coughsyrup, says 'contains parts of dead cockroach'". Mint. 11 March 2023. Retrieved...
Pharmaceutical Codex for use in lozenges, tinctures, and syrups as a sedative for irritable cough or as a mild hypnotic (sleeping aid) for insomnia. The...
Dextromethorphan, or DXM, a common active ingredient found in many over-the-counter cough suppressant cold medicines, is used as a recreational drug and entheogen...
Pholcodine is an opioid cough suppressant (antitussive). It helps suppress unproductive coughs and also has a mild sedative effect, but has little or no...
syrup also containing chlorphenamine/chlorpheniramine is a cough medicine called Tussionex in North America. In Europe, similar time-release syrups containing...
the topical use of glycerin. It is found in allergen immunotherapies, coughsyrups, elixirs and expectorants, toothpaste, mouthwashes, skin care products...
derivative of the acid known as tartar emetic is included, in small doses, in coughsyrup as an expectorant. Tartaric acid also has several applications for industrial...
covered in foil. It is stored at room temperature. When used, it resembles coughsyrup, bright pink. The smell of the phenol is extremely strong. TRIzol works...
overdosing. For example, lean is usually created as a drinkable mixture, the coughsyrup is combined with soft drinks, especially fruit-flavored drinks such as...
tree for landscapes. It is used commercially on a small scale for maple syrup production and for its medium to high quality lumber. It is also the state...
audition on the show itself. Martinez auditioned singing Britney Spears's "Toxic" with three of the four judges (Adam Levine, CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton)...
Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues,...
severe pain, and is delivered as a hydrochloride salt in tablets, as a syrup, or by intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intravenous injection. For much of...
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