India, Oct. 10 -- A day after the district health department issued an advisory on regulated sale and use of cough syrups, HT found that many privately-run pharmacies at M2K Corporate Park and a nearby market in Sector 51 were selling the drug without checking a prescription on Thursday.

The pharmacies freely offered multiple brands of cough syrup whose formulations - containing salts like dextromethorphan, chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine - are under review by Haryana's Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The health department had on Wednesday imposed a temporary injunction on the sale of 'Coldrif' cough syrup in the district after excessive levels of a toxic substance, diethylene glycol, were found in it.

Amandeep Chauhan, ...