By: Tina G. Santos
– 1 yr in the past

MANILA, Philippines — Amid the excessive demand for paracetamol and different medicines for flu-like signs, the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the general public and healthcare professionals towards the proliferation of Counterfeit over-the-counter medicine.

“All healthcare professionals and most people are hereby warned as to the supply of those Counterfeit Drug Merchandise available in the market, which pose potential hazard or harm to shoppers,” the FDA stated.

It reminded shoppers to buy drug Merchandise solely from FDA-licensed institutions.

The FDA famous that the counterfeit medicine have totally different options from the reliable merchandise.

It stated the logos, safety marks, knurlings, print colours and appearances of genuine merchandise are totally different from the counterfeit ones. It posted on its web site photographs evaluating genuine from counterfeit drug merchandise.

Most counterfeited

In line with the FDA, among the many merchandise which have counterfeit variations embody Paracetamol (Biogesic) 500 milligram pill; Phenylpropanolamine HCl/Chlorphenamine Maleate Paracetamol (Decolgen Forte) 25 mg/2 mg/500 mg pill; Carbocisteine (Solmux) 500 mg capsule; and Dextromethorphan HBr/Phenylpropanolamine HCl/Paracetamol (Tuseran Forte) 15 mg/25 mg/325 mg capsule.

Additionally within the FDA record of verified counterfeit merchandise are Phenylephrine HCl/Chlorphenamine Maleate/Paracetamol (Neozep Forte) 10 mg/2 mg/500 mg pill; Ibuprofen/Paracetamol (Alaxan FR) 200 mg/325 mg capsule; Mefenamic Acid (Gardan) 500 mg pill; and Phenylephrine HCl/Chlorphenamine Maleate/Paracetamol (Bioflu) 10 mg/2 mg/500 mg pill.

The FDA additionally urged the general public to all the time verify if a product is registered with the company through the use of the FDA Verification Portal function accessible at http://verification.fda.gov.ph.

The regulatory company additionally warned all institutions and drug shops towards promoting and/or dishing out of the counterfeit merchandise.

Promoting of pretend penalized

“The importation, promoting, or providing on the market of such is in direct violation of the Meals and Drug Administration Act of 2009, and the Particular Legislation on Counterfeit Medicine. Anybody discovered promoting the stated counterfeit drug merchandise will likely be penalized,” the FDA stated.

The company additionally appealed to all native governments and regulation enforcement businesses to adequately monitor the presence of counterfeit medicine of their areas.

“[They] are requested to make sure that these merchandise usually are not bought or made out there of their localities or areas of jurisdiction,” it added.