AWARENESS ABOUT BANNED DRUGS IN INDIA
India has become a dumping ground for banned drug, also the business for production of banned drug is booming. All the formulations are meant for prevention or treatment of ailments and diseases, out of which only a few drugs are lifesaving and essential, rest of the drugs are substitutes of each other. Banned drugs are still available in developing countries like India due to lack of law enforcement physician awareness and the drug control authorizes fails to inform all the hospital of the status of medicine. Some of the dangerous drugs have been globally discarded but are available in India. The most common are like NIMESULIDE, FURAZOLIDONE, PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE and other over the counter preparation are banned by US FDA due to their side effect on kidney, liver and nerve. Unfortunately analgesic, antidiarrheal and cough preparations which are banned in other countries and are blindly used in India as over the counter drugs because of unawareness, lack of law enforcement and corruption. The Government of India is in the process of developing a regulatory regime designed to ensure the quality, safety and performance of medical devices. The pharmacist should take interest in public information campaigns and educate consumers and thus can play an important role of eliminating the banned drugs from market.
India has become a dumping ground for banned drug, also the business for production of banned drug is booming. All the formulations are meant for prevention or treatment of ailments and diseases, out of which only a few drugs are lifesaving and essential, rest of the drugs are substitutes of each other. Banned drugs are still available in developing countries like India due to lack of law enforcement physician awareness and the drug control authorizes fails to inform all the hospital of the status of medicine. Some of the dangerous drugs have been globally discarded but are available in India. The most common are like NIMESULIDE, FURAZOLIDONE, PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE and other over the counter preparation are banned by US FDA due to their side effect on kidney, liver and nerve. Unfortunately analgesic, antidiarrheal and cough preparations which are banned in other countries and are blindly used in India as over the counter drugs because of unawareness, lack of law enforcement and corruption. The Government of India is in the process of developing a regulatory regime designed to ensure the quality, safety and performance of medical devices. The pharmacist should take interest in public information campaigns and educate consumers and thus can play an important role of eliminating the banned drugs from market.
