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The central government has banned the sale of 14 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs. The drugs banned by the government include a total of 14 drugs including Paracetamol Dispersible Tablets, Nimesulide, Chlorpheniramine Maleate. The Health Ministry has said that the harm caused by all these medicines is not known and they can pose a risk to the people.
Center took steps after the recommendations of the committee
The Health Ministry said in a notification that the medicines that have been banned include medicines used to treat common infections, cough and fever. It may be known that the Center has taken this step after the recommendations of the expert committee. The committee said in its report that there is no medical justification for this fixed dose combination drugs and all drugs can prove to be harmful to humans.
Drug technical advisor also recommended
The expert committee said that it is necessary to ban the sale and distribution of all these drugs. The notification said that the expert committee and the Drugs Technical Advisory Board had recommended that the use of all these drugs be banned in the country.
344 drugs were banned in 2016
Fixed dose combinations are those medicines, which are made by mixing two or more medicines. It may be known that earlier in the year 2016, the government had announced ban on 344 similar drugs. This time the central government has banned medicines used to treat common infections, cough and fever.