Hyderabad, July 28 (NSS): Drugs Control Administration, Telangana officials, detected certain medicines circulating in the market with misleading claims on their labels, stating that they treat ‘obesity’ and ‘diseases and disorders of the brain’. Such claims are in contravention of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 prohibits advertisement of certain drugs for treatment of certain diseases and disorders. No person shall take part in publication of advertisement regarding the diseases/disorders indicated under Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
During the raids conducted on July 27 to detect medicines moving in the market with misleading and objectionable advertisements, the following products were detected by DCA officials:
Drugs Inspector, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri detected Triphala Guggulu Tablets, an Ayurvedic medicine manufactured by Siddh-ayu Ayurvedic Research Foundation Pvt Ltd, at Bhamhani, Gopalganj, Dist. Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The product label bears a misleading claim stating that it treats ‘Obesity’. Stocks of the medicines were seized during the raid conducted at a medical shop in Choutuppal, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri District.
Drugs Inspector, Siricilla detected Ashwagandhadi Lehya, an Ayurvedic medicine, manufactured by Manphar Ayurvedic Drugs, #27-11-37, Dubaguntavari street, Governorpet, Vijayawada. The product label bears a misleading claim stating that it relieves ‘depression and associated anxiety’. Stocks of the medicines were seized during the raid conducted at a medical shop in Sircilla. J. Ashwin Kumar, Drugs Inspector, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, and L.R.D. Bhavani, Drugs Inspector, Siricilla were among the officers who carried out the raids.
