IPC raises concern over five lifesaving drugs for causing adverse reaction

New Delhi: The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), a body under the health ministry, has named five lifesaving drugs as having shown serious side effects. The drugs are Metronidazole, an antibiotic; Luliconazole, an antifungal; Dalteparin, used for cancer treatment; diabetics drug Gliclazide and Tramadol, a painkiller. During a recently conducted analysis of adverse drug reactions (ADRs),…

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A bad omen for public trust in vaccines

A medic administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a vaccination centre in Malpura village near Beawar in Ajmer, Rajasthan. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Over the last few years, multiple petitions have been filed before the courts regarding vaccines. While most of them pertain to COVID-19 vaccines, two of them…

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