Is your patient constantly complaining about no remission to illness? Even after you have prescribed the best drug for the problem and patient is religiously taking it. Your patient might be a victim of counterfeit medicine! Yes, as a physician you must know this dangerous news surfacing out in recent times. Drug controller general has expressed concern over the entry of counterfeit medicines in the market.
Almost 23% of the medicines in the market are fake and contains inactive pharmaceutical ingredients. As DCGI do not carry out regular vigilance at manufacturer and distributor level, they are unable to control this entry of counterfeit medicines in the market. How do they manipulate? These counterfeiters procure raw material from the manufacturer and add inactive ingredients which have no effect on the disease. At the packaging level, they add labels, strips and holograms to make it…
