Can you buy codeine over the counter? Where I live, any painkiller/opioid is exclusively by prescription.
> Certain lower-dose codeine products (8 mg or less per pill, 20 mg or less per 30 mL of liquid medication) can be purchased directly from a pharmacist without a prescription to temporarily treat mild or moderate pain, or as a cough suppressant.
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