These are the drugs that are globally discarded but available in India. Read on.....

	Drug Name	Use(s)	Reason for Ban	Some Brand Name
1	Analgin	Painkiller	Bone marrow depression	Novalgin
2	Cisapride*	Acidity, Constipation	Irregular heartbeat	Ciza, Syspride
3	Droperidol	Anti-Depressant	Irregular heartbeat	Droperol
4	Furazolidone*	Antidiarrhoeal	Cancer	Furoxone,Lomofen
5	Nimesulide*	Painkiller, Fever	Liver Failure	Nise, Nimulid
6	Nitrofurazone	Antibacterial Cream	Cancer	Furacin
7	Phenolphthalein	Laxative	Cancer	Agarol
8	Phepnylpropanolamine*	Cold and Cough	Stroke	Vicks Action 500 D'Cold & many more
9	Oxyphenbutazone	Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory	Bone marrow depression	Sioril
10	Piperazine	Anti-worms	Nerve damage	Piperazine
11	Quiniodochlor*	Anti-diarrhoeal	Damage to sight	Enteroquinol

Source: Dr.C.M.Gulhati,Editor,MIMS India
* Pick of some common prescription till date.

• In Delhi, a 12 year old girl died after taking popular fever drug.
• In 1986 14 patients died at J J Hospital in Mumbai due to administration of industrial rather than medicinal glycerol.
• Even though Rofecoxib is banned by government following reports that it could lead to heart attacks and stoke there are several others that continue to find a profitable market in India.
• In India, anywhere between 5-15 % of hospital admissions are result of side effects and toxicity of medicines.
• With an annual market of Rs.20 crore, Analgin continues to be sold, despite its risk of inducing serious blood disorders
• In India 20,000 manufacturers sell about 40,000 drugs.
• Also Dr.Mira Shiva (Director,Rational Drug Policy) says that 23 out of the top-selling 80 drug products in the country are irrational and some are even hazardous.
• Two or more drugs are combined to form a concoction that helps increase the sale price for the manufacturer. For the consumer, it could well be LETHAL.

Source: Times of India, Ahmedabad-Edition dated October 17 2004.

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And next time you take pills, do check for its contents and make people aware of it.