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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Schedule H1 explained: Why did India tighten its prescription rules for high-alcohol medicines?

The government has brought high-alcohol-content oral medicines, like certain cough syrups and tonics, under Schedule H1, a stricter drug classification that already governs several other high-risk medicines in India.

Here's what Schedule H1 means, why it exists, which medicines fall under it, and what changes for patients and pharmacies.

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