cough medicine

Eventually, Horton found out that her urine came back positive for codeine — an opioid pain reliever typically used in cough medicine.

Even though Horton hadn’t taken cough medicine, health officials say consuming poppy seed products can lead to positive results for morphine, codeine or both due to the sensitivity of the drug tests.

Thursday, Compton native Kimiko Jones, 43, said she reluctantly visited this Rite Aid location because she needed cough medicine for a family member.

The artificial mixed berry flavor tasted like straight-up medicine — think cough medicine mixed with Tums Ultra Assorted Berries — but frozen.

Doctors, independent experts and patients were asked to have their say in a consultation to reclassify the medicine, so that it could only be prescribed as a cough medicine to those who needed it.