Raid: Telangana DCA Seizes Cefuroxime, Dexamethasone, Other Antibiotics, Steroids from Unlicensed Clinic
DCA officials also detected certain medicines circulating in the market with misleading claims on their labels.;
Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana has raided a quack's clinic in Kakarvai village at Telangana's Khammam, and seized a stock of drugs being sold without a valid drug licence, officials said on Saturday.
According to DCA officials, on credible information, its officials raided the premises of a quack Parala Anjaiah who was practising medicine without proper qualification at his clinic on Friday.
During the raid, DCA officials detected 55 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, steroids, analgesics etc., found stocked at the premises without a drug license. DCA officials seized the stock, worth a total of Rs 84,760 during the raid.
DCA officials detected several higher generation 'antibiotics' viz. Cefixime, Cefuroxime etc. at the clinic during the raids. Indiscriminate sale of antibiotics, by unqualified persons may have disastrous consequences on the health of the public, including the emergence of 'Antimicrobial Resistance'.
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