Banned Drugs (Medicine)

Banned Drugs   Make a checklist, see whether this medicine is in your home or whether it has been recommended by your doctor... Please DO NOT use it...  Read Carefully - INFORM ALL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY India has become a dumping ground for banned drugs; also the business for production of banned drugs is booming. Plz make sure that u buy drugs  only if prescribed by a doctor(Also, ask which company manufactures it, this would help to ensure that u get what is prescribed at the Drug Store) and that also from a reputed drug store. Not many people know about these banned drugs and consume them causing a lot of damage to themselves. We forward Jokes and other junk all the time.... This is far more important. DANGEROUS DRUGS HAVE BEEN GLOBALLY DISCARDED BUT ARE AVAILABLE IN INDIA .... The most common ones are action 500 & Nimulid. PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE: Cold and cough. Reason for ban : stroke. Brand name : Vicks Action-500 ________________________________________________________________________ ANALGIN: This is a pain-killer.Reason for ban: Bone marrow depression. Brand name:! Novalgin ___________________________________________________________ CISAPRIDE: Acidity, constipation.Reason for ban : irregular heartbeat Brand name : Ciza, Syspride ____________________________________________________________ DROPERIDOL: Anti-depressant.Reason for ban : Irregular heartbeat. Brand name :Droperol ______________________________________________________________ FURAZOLIDONE: Antidiarrhoeal.Reason for ban : Cancer. Brand name :Furoxone, Lomofen _____________________________________________________________ NIMESULIDE: Painkiller, fever. Reason for ban : Liver failure.. Brand name : Nise, Nimulid ________________________________________________________________________ NITROFURAZONE: Antibacterial cream.Reason for ban : Cancer. Brand name :Furacin ________________________________________________________________________ PHENOLPHTHALEIN: Laxative...Reason for ban : Cancer. Brand name :Agarol ________! ______________________ __________________________________________ OXYPHENBUTAZONE: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.Reason for ban : Bone marrow depression. Brand name :Sioril _______________________________________________________________________ PIPERAZINE: Anti-worms....Reason for ban : Nerve damage. Brand name :Piperazine ________________________________________________________________________ QUINIODOCHLOR: Anti-diarrhoeal.Reason for ban : Damage to sight. Brand name:Enteroquinol ============================================================= PLZ SPREAD THE INFO.... YOU MAY JUST SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. Prof.Jagdish Bhatia, MPH;Ph.D (UCLA) Consultant Health Systems Management Former Professor & Chairman Research & Publications, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore 10 Bhuvaneshwari Nagar, C.V.Raman Nagar Post, Bangalore 560093, India Telephone/Fax: 91-80-41481932