Officials on lookout for toxic cough syrup

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Officials on lookout for toxic cough syrup

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about a toxic cough syrup that has caused at least 17 deaths in Pakistan.

 

FDA secretary-general Boonchai Somboonsuk said the Tyno brand cough syrup hasn’t been registered in Thailand. The agency has ordered checkpoints to be on watch for Tyno, which has caused deaths in Pakistan. Officials say the fatalities are mainly among drug addicts who drank the syrup to get high.
The FDA and Public Health Ministry officials also checked drug stores and drug factories nationwide, Boonchai added.
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