(Bloomberg) -- Cough syrup containing codeine phosphate will become prescription-only in the UK following reports of misuse of the medicine and concerns about patients becoming addicted to the drug.

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The Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board (KPPB) has moved in to tame the abuse and addiction of medicines containing codeine with a clamp on its sale. Codeine is an active ingredient in cough syrups ...

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Cough syrups with codeine phosphate have an intoxicating effect on nerves and they are widely abused due to easy availability at pharmacies. The government has banned codeine-based syrups.