Hyderabad: In a huge crackdown on Fixed Dose Combination drugs that involve risk to humans, the Telangana State Drug Control Administration (DCA) has recalled 344 drugs from pharma stores and distributors. On Monday, DCA asked manufacturers to stop producing these drugs in the state.
Telangana DCA director Akun Sabharwal said, ”Ministry of Family Welfare and Health had issued an extraordinary gazette on March 10 banning these drug combinations. We received orders on Sunday and started implementation on war-footing.”
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In the gazette, the central government said these 344 combination drugs were likely to involve risk to human beings and that safer alternatives were available.
“The matter has been examined by an Expert Committee appointed by the Centre and the Committee recommended that these combination drugs have no therapeutic justification. Based on this, the Centre has prohibited manufacture for sale, sale and distribution for human use in the country with immediate affect,” Sabharwal said.
DCA Officials will be conducting searches across the state to ensure the stocks are pulled out of pharmacies.
Some of the combinations drugs include:
1. Aceclofenac + Paracetamol + Rabeprazole
2. Nimesulide + Diclofenac
3. Nimesulide + Cetirizine + Caffeine
4. Nimesulide + Tizanidine
5. Paracetamol + Cetirizine + Caffeine
6. Diclofenac + Tramadol + Chlorzoxazone
7. Dicyclomine + Paracetamol + Domperidone
8. Nimesulide + Paracetamol dispersible tablets
9. Paracetamol + Phenylephrine + Caffeine
10. Diclofenac + Tramadol + Paracetamol
11. Diclofenac + Paracetamol + Chlorzoxazone + Famotidine
12. Naproxen + Paracetamol
13. Nimesulide + Serratiopeptidase
14. Paracetamol + Diclofenac + Famotidine
15. Nimesulide + Pitofenone + Fenpiverinium + Benzyl Alcohol
16. Omeprazole + Paracetamol + Diclofenac
17. Nimesulide + Paracetamol injection
18. Tamsulosin + Diclofenac
19. Paracetamol + Phenylephrine + Chlorpheniramine + Dextromethorphan
+ Caffeine
20. Diclofenac + Zinc Carnosine
21. Diclofenac + Paracetamol + Chlorpheniramine Maleate + Magnesium
Trisillicate
22. Paracetamol + Pseudoephedrine + Cetrizine
23. Phenylbutazone + Sodium Salicylate
24. Lornoxicam + Paracetamol + Trypsin
25. Paracetamol + Mefenamic Acid + Ranitidine + Dicyclomine
