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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How dosage of fever drugs has again highlighted nexus of pharma firms, doctors -Vivek Mishra

How dosage of fever drugs has again highlighted nexus of pharma firms, doctors -Vivek Mishra

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published Published on Aug 19, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 23, 2022

-Down to Earth

No regulation on marketing strategies by drug companies has created a medical autocracy, the Dolo-650 controversy shows

If you had to take paracetamol 650 milligrams instead of paracetamol 500 mg three times a day during the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be familiar with the drug called Dolo-650. The drug is prescribed for reducing fever and pain, but the medicine possibly reached you thanks to its manufacturer’s market strategy.

A petition filed in the Supreme Court by the Federation of Medical and Cell Representatives Association of India (FMRAI) has raised serious questions about the ethics of the market strategies of pharmaceutical companies and medical practices in India. FMRAI is a trade union body for medical representatives.

Several media outlets have reported that freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore were distributed to doctors by the manufacturers of the drug to push it.

Dolo-650 being unethically prescribed to patients during the pandemic is just the latest example of drug companies’ malpractices, senior advocate Sanjay Parikh told Down To Earth. Parikh has taken up the case on behalf of FMRAI.

Doctors also ignored the side effects of an overdose of paracetamol on the liver and kidney, he said.

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Down to Earth, 19 August, 2022, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/how-dosage-of-fever-drugs-has-again-highlighted-nexus-of-pharma-firms-doctors-84424?fbclid=IwAR3l7-vi3BWgXV867t066I8JNZ9vjz2NHSAZUPjtGKu3rjH81cxE_AP4i4w


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