Telangana Drug Control Administration has issued an advisory to stop using cough syrups Relife and Respifresh TR, detected with toxic Diethylene Glycol (DEG). Authorities urge reporting possession, alert retailers, and freeze stocks to prevent risks to public health.
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) clarified it has no jurisdiction over Vagdevi Laboratories, Cherlapalli, after reports linked it to a Maharashtra mephedrone seizure case. Officials said the matter falls entirely under enforcement agencies empowered by the NDPS Act, 1985
Telangana’s DCA made its first direct arrests in a spurious drugs case, a move hailed as historic. However, experts raised concerns about its sustainability due to poor manpower, lack of protection, and administrative support for DCA officers handling such cases
The Telangana Drug Control Administration found violations in 193 medical shops during inspections aimed at curbing antibiotic misuse and raising awareness on Antimicrobial Resistance. Show cause notices were issued for selling antibiotics without prescriptions and not maintaining regulatory records.
Triphala Powder, produced by Manphar Ayurvedic Drugs in Vijayawada, was seized in Jangaon for being marketed with misleading claims of treating cardiovascular disorders, high blood pressure, and ophthalmic issues.
The DCA informed that the unlicensed shop was being run by Jalagam Venkteshwarlu and medicines worth Rs 22, 000 including antibiotics, analgesics etc were seized
The DCA and Prohibition and Excise teams raided GV Saluja Hospital, Rezimental Bazar, on Wednesday and detected huge stocks of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
DG TSDCA, V B Kamalasan Reddy, urged wholesalers and traders to supply drugs in bulk only to individuals or medical shops with a valid DCA drug license issued under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
