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Banned Drugs!

We've all been inundated with numerous forwarded chain E-mails from our friends/family claiming that many of the OTC drugs available in India are actually banned worldwide for their side effects... To be honest, I never gave it a serious thought, as we are all too familiar with these chain e-mails cliaming to cast a bad omen on us if we don't forward it to 100 odd friends... Also, I was thinking that the Govt. of India would have banned them in any case and the big pharmas won't be able to market them so blatantly....

I guess I was SO WRONG!!

But DNA is reporting in this piece, that many of the OTC drugs in India are in fact banned!!

Commonly used medicine brands like Enteroquinol, Furoxone (anti-diarrhoeal), Novalgin (pain killer), Nise, Nimulid (pain killer, fever), DCold, Vicks Action 500 (cold), Droperol (anti-depressant), are banned worldwide. Their side effects outweigh their benefits, says the March 31, 2009 issue of Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS), a reference book for medical practitioners.

The real issue, says Gulhati, is that India allows the manufacture, distribution and sales of such drugs. These drugs were banned because they cause side effects such as brain haemorrhage (phenylpropanolamine) to irregular heart beat (cisapride) to liver damage (nimesulide).

The drugs controller general of India (DCGI) approves or bans drugs. Current DCGI Surinder Singh couldn't be reached by phone and an email sent to him failed to elicit any response.


Here's the old VA500 ad that was a hit!
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