53 medicines, including paracetamol, have failed the quality test. Antibiotics are also included in addition to vitamins, sugar and blood pressure medications. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CSDSO), the country's largest drug regulatory body, has released its list.
The CSDSO list includes calcium and vitamin D3 supplements, anti-diabetes pills and drugs for high blood pressure.
The list of banned drugs also includes clonazepam tablets used for spasms and anxiety, the pain killer diclofenac, ambroxol used for respiratory ailments, the antifungal fluconazole and some multivitamins and calcium tablets.
These drugs are manufactured by large companies like Hetero Drugs, Alchem Laboratories, Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL), Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited.
CSDSO released a list of 53 drugs Stomach infection drug metronidazole, manufactured by Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd, also failed the test. Similarly, Torrent Pharmaceuticals' Shellac tablet has also failed the test.
CSDSO has released a list of 53 drugs that have failed the test. Out of which 5 medicines were fake. That is, the drug manufacturing companies said that these are not their drugs, rather fake drugs are being sold in the market in their name.
156 fixed dose combination drugs banned in August The central government has banned 156 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs in August this year. In addition to fevers and colds, these were commonly used as pain killers, multi-vitamins and antibiotics.
The government said its use posed a potential hazard to humans. Therefore, the production, consumption and distribution of these drugs will be banned across the country.
The government has announced this order on the recommendations of the Drugs Technical Advisory Board. The board said in its report that there is no medical justification for the ingredients present in these FDC medicines.
Drugs made by combining more than one drug in one pill are called fixed dose combination drugs (FDC), these drugs are also known as cocktail drugs.
Also includes hair treatments, skincare and anti-allergic medications According to the order announced by the central government, the use of amylase, protease, glucoamylase, pectinase, alpha galactosidase, lactase, beta-gluconase, cellulase, lipase, bromelain, xylanase, hemicellulase, malt diastase, invertase and papain is likely to cause risk.
The list of prohibited drugs also includes drugs used for hair treatment, antiparasitic (used in parasitic infestation), skincare, anti-allergic etc. The government said that other drugs are available in the market instead of these drugs. There will be no restrictions on them.
Sample File of 10 Medicines of Chief Minister Free Medicine Scheme in Rajasthan In May this year, samples of 10 medicines supplied under the Chief Minister's Free Medicine Scheme have failed in Rajasthan. Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation (RMSC) has banned the supply of 10 medicines from 8 companies. These drugs include tablets used in fungal infections, injections given to severe malaria patients, eye drops and Asthalin, a drug used in cases of breathing problems.
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