cough medicine

Example Sentences

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Even though Horton hadn’t taken cough medicine, health officials say consuming poppy seed products can lead to positive results for morphine, codeine or both due to the sensitivity of the drug tests.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

Doctors, independent experts and patients were asked to have their say in a consultation to reclassify the medicine, so that it could only be prescribed as a cough medicine to those who needed it.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

The hoarding of remedies isn’t limited to cough medicine and lozenges.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

A separate taste tester described the drink as a mix of cherry cough medicine and fruit punch while another claimed the drink "doesn't taste like fruit cake, but it tastes WEIRD."

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022

Because he was the only Negro doctor for two hundred miles, Tony’s father delivered babies, gave tonics and cough medicine for head colds, and patched up scratches, cuts, and burns.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper