New Delhi. 53 medicines have failed the test of Central Drugs Standards Control (CDSCO). These include antibiotics, sugar, blood pressure, vitamins and calcium as well as some other medicines. At the same time, 5 drug manufacturing companies have said in their reply that these are not manufactured by them and are fake. However, you need to be cautious if the medicines fail the quality test. Because instead of improving your health, such poor quality medicines can make you more sick!
The 53 medicines that failed the quality test of Central Drugs Standards Control also include fever reducer paracetamol. CDSCO has also included Vitamin C softgels, Vitamin D3, Shelcal 500, Vitamin B complex, antacid Pan-D, diabetes medicine Glimepiride, blood pressure medicine Telmisartan and Metronidazole given to cure stomach infection in its Not of Standard Quality Alert List. Two lists of poor quality medicines have come. One of these has 48 medicines and the other list has 5 medicines. See the list of 53 poor quality medicines released.
India’s drug regulator, @CDSCO_INDIA_INFfound 53 medicines, including paracetamol & vitamin supplements, to be of poor quality. Popular brands like Shelcal, Clavam 625, & Pan-D were flagged. Some companies claimed the faulty drugs were fake.
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Now this question must be echoing in your mind that how to avoid poor quality medicine? For this, you should not buy any medicine by yourself. If your health is bad or you have fever etc., then definitely consult a doctor. Take only the medicine prescribed by the doctor. If a medicine shopkeeper is giving you the same medicine at a cheaper price, then do not take it to save some money. There is a possibility of more adulteration in low priced medicines. Apart from this, whenever you buy medicine, take a cash memo from the shopkeeper. The batch number of the medicine should also be written in that cash memo. So that if you or someone in your family becomes seriously ill after consuming bad or fake medicine, then you can approach the court.
