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This medicine, which is used to break down and clear mucus from the respiratory system, is widely available as a cough syrup in Europe.
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New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Food manufacturers will have until January 2027 to reformulate their products to comply with the new Food and Drug Administration () regulation, while producers of ingested drugs, such as certain cough syrups, have until January 2028 to remove the additive.
—Jesus Mesa, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children’s cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The actor became so known for his various roles as TV doctors that he was tapped as the official pitchman for Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup during the mid '80s.
—Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 11 June 2025
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New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Food manufacturers will have until January 2027 to reformulate their products to comply with the new Food and Drug Administration () regulation, while producers of ingested drugs, such as certain cough syrups, have until January 2028 to remove the additive.
—Jesus Mesa, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children’s cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The actor became so known for his various roles as TV doctors that he was tapped as the official pitchman for Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup during the mid '80s.
—Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 11 June 2025
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“Cough syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cough%20syrup. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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