Coroner’s report recommends tightening regulation around supply of codeine and morphine following death linked to excess consumption of codeine” obtained from online pharmacies

Patient denied further scripts for Zapain from GP until reviewed, had sourced codeine/other POMs from online pharmacies. Coroner’s report recommended tightening of regulations around prescription-only opioids, e.g. codeine tablets & morphine oral solution, to make them schedule 3

Pharmaceutical Journal