Health ministry of India banned phensidyl and cores cough syrups. The ministry has already approved the ban order with immediate effect from on Friday, reports BSS, New Delhi. The government has decided to prohibit manufacturing and sale of these medicines because they were found to be “irrational” without any therapeutic efficacy and use. Also, in some cases, there were concerns about misuse of such medicines considered unsafe for mass consumption. The times of India report yesterday that the health ministry of India has banned around 350 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs that were widely available in the market till now. These medicines include FDCs based on codeine, used in popular cough syrups like phensidyl and Corex. A fixed dose combination or FDC is one that contains two or more drugs combined in a fixed ratio of doses and available in a single dosage form.