Sunday, December 09, 2012

India proposes banning 73 antibiotics from sale over the counter


India proposes banning 73 antibiotics from sale over the counter


  1. Meera Kay
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BMJ 2012; 345 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e8290(Published 4 December 2012)

India has announced plans to ban 91 drugs from sale over the counter to reduce their misuse. The drugs include 73 antibiotics, 13 potentially addictive drugs, and four drugs to treat tuberculosis.
The minister for health and family welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said, “The government has taken note of irrational use of antibiotics across the country and published draft rules for amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945 for insertion of a new …