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    Doctor’s prescription now mandatory to buy cough syrups, say new Centre guidelines

    New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday prohibited the over-the-counter (OTC) sale of syrup-based medicines, including cough syrups, without a doctor’s prescription by amending the Drugs Rules, 1945. The move comes after the government removed the word “syrups” from a category of exempted drugs under Schedule K, tightening regulatory oversight of such formulations. The change was.