48 commonly-used drugs fail latest quality test: All you need to know

Apr 28, 2023 Sushmita Panda

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The drug regulator has highlighted the medicines failing the quality parameters in the month of March out of the total 1,497 samples.

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These flagged medicines include anti-diabetic, antibiotics, calcium and cardiac drugs.

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The list also includes some of the popular drugs like epilepsy drug Gabapentin, hypertension drug Telmisartan, anti-diabetes drug combination Glimepiride and Metformin and HIV drug Ritonavir.

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The alert list also includes iron and folic acid tablets, probiotics and several multivitamin pills. It also includes Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid and Niacinamide injections.

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Moreover, the list also involves other common medicines like Amoxycillin, Calcium & Vitamin D3 Tablets, Telmisartan Tablets, and Albendazole Tablets.

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