Shah Alam Nur :
A number of medicines that have got their registrations cancelled due to harmful effect on human body are still on sale in different city market.
The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has recently banned 51 medicine brands manufactured by different local pharmaceutical companies and prohibited their production, buying, storing, marketing and showcasing. Those who failed to do so will face serious criminal charges by the authority.
This decision of 51 Tablet Registration Cancellation has been made as per Drug Control Committee 244 Meeting.
The concerned pharmaceutical companies have been asked to withdraw the drug brands from the market through their own channels. People have also been urged not to use them.
Although the officials of drug administration officials had been conducting drives against the banned drugs across the country, they could not stop their selling, an official of the DGDA, preferring anonymity, told The New Nation on Saturday.
He said they are getting some of the banned medicines at drug stores in the country. “Since the concerned manufacturing companies know where they have supplied the medicines, they have been asked to withdraw them through their channels.”
The official said that legal actions would be taken against the companies whose banned medicines would be found on sell. not even available in the markets for several months.
He, however, said that he has been selling two of the items but no pharmaceutical companies asked him not to sell those brands.
The 51 brands include all the 16 brands of tablets having a combination of Paracetamol 500 milligram and DL-Methionine 100mg as cardiovascular complication, carcinogenesis, hepatic encephalopathy, brain damage and acidosis were seen as side effects for the presence of Methionine in the tablets.
Methionine is not recommended for children under 12 years and that is why the use of Paracetamol and DL-Methionine combination is risky for human health.
The banned medicines also include all the 20 brands of Pioglitazone 30mg, three brands of Pioglitazone 45mg, all the five brands of Rosiglitazone 2mg and seven brands of Rosiglitazone 4mg as their side effects were found risky for human health.
While visiting medicine shops near Dhaka Medical College and Hospital and Mitford Hospital and in Basabo, Madartek, Khilgaon, Malibagh, Pallaby and Shahbagh areas many brands of banned medicines were being sold there.
Paradote (Paracetamol and Methionine combination) of Renata, Glucozon 30 (Pioglitazone hydrochloride) of Aristopharma, Fast-M ((Paracetamol and Methionine combination) of Acme and Lit-30 (Pioglitazon) of White Horse were also being found sold.
The drug administration official also said that the combination of Paracetamol and DL-Methionine combination was analgesic used against fever, and both Pioglitazone and Rosiglitazone were used to control diabetes.
The banned drug brands of Paracetamol and DL-Methionine combination include Paradote Tablet of Renata Limited, Norsoft tablet of Novelta Bestway Pharmaceuticals Limited, Tamepro tablet of Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd, Pamix-M tablet of Ziska Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Renomate Tablet of Opsonin Pharma Ltd, Zeset Tablet of Opso Salaine Ltd, Softpara Tablet of Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals, Metes Tablet of Leon Pharmaceuticals Ltd, ACETA SOFT Tablet of Biopharma Ltd, FAST-M Tablet of Acme Laboratories Ltd, ACE Soft Tablet of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd, ACTOL-M Tablet of Somatec Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Paramin Tablet of Sharif Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Fivimet Tablet of Drug International Ltd and NAPA Soft Tablet of Beximco Pharma Ltd.
The banned Pioglitazone include Pioglit 30 tablet and Pioglit 45 tablet of Beximco, DIATAG 30 tablet and DIATAG 45 tablet of ACI, PIOL 30 tablet of Opsonin, PIODAR 30 tablet of Incepta, PIOTAB 30 tablet of Millat, DIAPIOTAG 30 tablet of Medimet Pharmaceuticals, OGLI 30 tablet of Kemiko, Priglit 30 tablet of Biopharma, Piogon 30 tablet of Doctors Chemical Works Ltd, ACTOSE 30 tablet of Unimed & Unihealth Manufacturers Ltd, PIGLIT 30 tablet of Pacific, PIOGLIN 30 tablet of Reneta, PIOLIT 30 tablet of Alco. Glucozon 30 tablet of Aristopharma, PIGOBET 30 tablet of Ad-din, DIATAS 30 tablet of Navana, TOS 30 tablet and TOS 45 tablet of Square, PIGZON 30 tablet of Sharif, PIOZENA 30 tablet of Drug International Ltd and LIT 30 tablet of White Horse.
The banned Rosiglitazone brands also include Rosiglit 2 tablet and Rosiglit 4 tablet of General Pharmaceuticals, Glucors 2 tablet and Glucors 4 tablet of Aristopharma, Sensulin 2 tablet and Sensulin 4 tablet of Square, Romerol 2 tablet and Romerol 4 tablet of Drug International, ROSIT 2 tablet and ROSIT 4 tablet of Delta Pharma, TAZONE 4 tablet of Kemiko Pharmaceuticals and ROGLIT 4 tablet of Pacific.
