Many medicines used to treat fever and pain will no longer be available in shops. The Health Ministry of the Central Government has banned more than 150 medicines in the country. The government says that these medicines are not safe and their use is posing a threat to people’s health.
Sales will be stopped with immediate effect
The Health Ministry has issued a notification regarding the ban on medicines. According to the notification, the manufacturing, sale and distribution of the related medicines has been banned under Section 26A of the Cosmetics Act 1940. This ban has been implemented with immediate effect. This means that the manufacturing as well as sale of more than 150 medicines named in the notification will be stopped immediately.
These are included in the banned drugs
Many of the medicines banned by the government are used to treat common diseases like fever and pain. For example, the banned medicines include the name of Aceclofenac 50mg + Paracetamol 125mg combination tablet. Apart from that, Mefenamic Acid + Paracetamol Injection, Cetirizine HCL + Paracetamol + Phenylephrine HCL, Levocetirizine + Phenylephrine HCL + Paracetamol, Paracetamol + Chlorpheniramine Maleate + Phenyl Propanolamine, and Camylofin Dihydrochloride 25mg + Paracetamol 300mg are also included in the list.
This painkiller was also banned
The Health Ministry has also banned the combination of paracetamol, tramadol, taurine and caffeine. This combination has been used as a painkiller. It has been said that tramadol is an opioid based painkiller, that is why the decision to ban it has been taken.
Medicines are banned on this basis
The Health Ministry keeps banning medicines from time to time. Medicines which are found to have been launched in the market without proper testing or whose use poses a risk to people’s health are banned. The ministry has taken this action on the basis of advice received from an expert committee and the Drugs Technical Advisory Board. Earlier, the government had banned 344 combination drugs in March 2016 and 14 medicines in June 2023.
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