central The Drug Regulatory Authority (CDRA) has raised serious concerns about the quality of medicines available in the market. The widely used Shelcal 500, the combination drug Pan D and vitamin D3 tablets manufactured by Life Max Cancer Laboratories also failed the test. A total of 49 drug samples have been declared 'Non-Standard Quality' (NSQ), including well-known drugs such as paracetamol, oxytocin and fluconazole. The CDRA quality test covered around 3,000 samples, of which 1.5% were found to be deficient.
These medications were found to be counterfeit:
- Tamsulosin and dutasteride tablets (UrimaxD)
- Calcium and Vitamin D3 IP Tablets (SHELCAL 500)
- Gastro-resistant pantoprazole and domperidone extended-release capsules IP (PAN-D)
- Nandrolone Decanoate Injection IP 25 mg/ml (DecaDurabolin 25 Inj.)
In addition, the report mentions 49 drugs that do not pass the quality test. This list includes many products from famous companies like Alkem Health Science, Aristo Pharmaceuticals, and Hindustan Antibiotics. Investigations have also revealed quality issues in paracetamol tablets produced by Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited. Some of the medications that did not pass the quality test are:
- Neurotem-NT
- Cefuroxime Axetil Tablets IP 500 mg (JKMSCL supply)
- Loperamide Hydrochloride Tablets IP (JKMSCL Hospital Supply)
- Floxages-OZ (ofloxacin and ornidazole IP tablets)
- Wintel 40 Tablets
- Moxica-250 [Amoxicillin Dispersible Tablets IP 250 mg]
- Frusemide injection IP 20 mg
- Cloxacillin Sodium Capsules IP 250 mg
- Fluorometholone IP Eye Drops
- Panlib 40 Tablets
- B-Cidal 625
- Trypsin, Bromelain and Rutoside Trihydrate Tablets [Flavoshine]
- C Mont LC Kid 60 ml (montelukast syrup and levocetirizine dihydrochloride)
- Yogaraja Guggulu Tablet
- Telmisartan Tab IP 40 mg
- Pantoprazole injection. PA 40 mg
- Glimepiride Tab IP
- cough syrup
Not all drugs with the same name are bad
Controller General of Drugs Ajit Singh Raghuvanshi has assured the public that failure of drug samples from a specific batch does not mean that all products sold under that name are of poor quality. Only that particular batch is considered substandard. As part of CDRA's ongoing commitment to public safety, counterfeit and NSQ medications have been removed from the market in batches.
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