France has reverse switched from non-prescription to prescription status first-generation antihistamine promethazine.
A rise in adverse events and an increase in recreational use of promethazine in the so-called “Purple Drank” cocktail appear...
'Purple Drank' Drug Cocktail Linked To France's Latest Reverse-Switch
Promethazine has been reverse-switched from OTC to prescription status in France, with rising abuse of the drug in the so-called Purple Drank cocktail one of the motivating factors for the move by the country's health ministry.
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