E-DRUG: chlormezanone - Indian status

E-drug: chlormezanone - Indian status

Dear E.druggers,

Sometime back there was a query about the availability of chlormezanone . I
have now received the official information from the Drug Controller General
,Government of India. The information (dated 8 August 1997), in brief, is
given below:
  
* 8 companies are manufacturing and marketing preparations containing
chlormezanone in India.

* The severity of adverse drug reactions of chlormezanone when weighted
against the limited therapeutic value cannot justify its continued
marketing .

*The question of withdrawal of the product containing chlormezanone will be
taken up shortly by the Drug Controller General in consultation with the
expert committee.

* Meantime firms marketing formulations containing chlormezanone are
directed to include a "Box warning " on the label/cartoon of the product
and the package insert/promotional literature for the guidance of the
medical profession and/of the consumer.

Dr.C.Adithan,
Professor of Pharmacology,
JIPMER,
Pondicherry - 605 006,
India.
e-mail: adithan@biogate.com
Web site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2038.

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