Petition Ban the over the counter (OTC) sale of medicines which contain codeine

This petition calls for a ban on OTC (over the counter) sales of medicines containing codeine, such as Nurofen Plus and Co-codamol.

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Stop the sale over the counter of any medicine containing codeine. These medicines should only be available on prescription, to reduce access to these medicines and help prevent addiction to codeine, and the health problems which also arise as a result of overuse of ibuprofen and paracetamol, which are also present in these medicines.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

19 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 19 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 24 September 2023
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