BANNED MEDICINE IN INDIA

Abstract

A gazette notification by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned 344 medicines of fixed drug combinations on 10th march 2016. “Drug controller general of India” is the highest authority in India to expand the approval of any drug or to ban a drug. Drugs get tested before introducing into the market. They’re first tested in animals, then in humans during clinical trials for their efficacy and safety. Despite all precautions, some severe effects of drugs appear only when the drug is used in the general population after its approval. These effects are detected through regular monitoring after the drug is coming into the market (pharmacovigilance). If effects are severe or ineffective, the country may ban the drug. Some drugs may cause serious effects only when combined with particular drugs. In such cases, only the fixed dose combination is banned and not the individual drugs. Without prescription, most medicines are easily available like D-cold, Sumo, Dolo, Oflox, Gastrogyl, Chericof, Nimesulide, Analgin, etc. Continuous use of these medicines can damage the organs, causing irregular heartbeats, depression, BP fluctuations etc.