Painkiller deadline: are you ready?

Updated June 28 2018 - 1:20pm, first published December 12 2017 - 12:00am
OFF THE SHELF - Medications containing codeine will soon be script-only.
OFF THE SHELF - Medications containing codeine will soon be script-only.

AUSTRALIANS who have been buying codeine-containing painkillers over the counter at pharmacies have until February 1 to make alternative treatment plans as these medications will become script-only.

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