Amid IPC alert on painkiller Meftal; here's the list of 14 drugs banned in 2023
drugscontrol.org. 1. Nimesulide + Paracetamol Dispersible Tablet 2.
Amoxicillin+ Bromhexine 3. Pholcodine + Promethazine 4. Fixed dose combination of Chlorpheniramine maleate + Dextromethorphan + Guaiphenesin + Ammonium 5.
Chlopheniramine Maleate + Codeine Syrup 6. Ammomium Chloride + Bromhexine + Dextromethorphan 7. Bromhexine + Dextromethorphan + Ammonium Chloride + Menthol 8.
Dextromethorphan + Chlorpheniramine Guaiphenesin + Ammonium Chloride 9. Paracetamol + Bromhexine+ Phenylephrine + Chlorpheniramine + Guaiphenesin 10. Salbutamol + Bromhexine.
11. Chlorpheniramine + Codeine Phosphate Menthol Syrup 12. Phenytoin + Phenobarbitone sodium.
13. Ammonium Chlande Sodium Carate Chlorpheniramine Maleate Merishok (100mg 40mg 25mg + 0 mg) (125mg 55mg Angling) (110mg 40mg+ang+0 mg) (130mg 55ing 3mg 0.5mg) per 5ml syrup 14. Sallbutamol + Hydroxyethyltheophylline (Etofyline) Bromhexine Earlier on 4 December, two people familiar with the investigation had told Reuters that Indian tests of a cough syrup linked to the deaths of at least six children in Cameroon have found unidentified quality issues in at least one of the five samples picked up by authorities.
Riemann Labs is one of three Indian drugmakers whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of at least 141 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since the middle of last year. That has cast a shadow on the quality of exports from India, often dubbed the "world's pharmacy" due to its supply of life-saving drugs at low prices to countries that most need them. In July, WHO had said that a sample picked up from Cameroon of Naturcold syrup, whose maker India has identified as Riemann, contained as much 28.6 percent of the toxin of diethylene glycol, compared with an
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