TGDCA cracks down on Antimicrobial Resistance, 190 medical shops issued notices

TGDCA conducted statewide inspections to curb Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and found 190 medical shops violating rules on antibiotic sales. Show Cause Notices have been issued, with departmental action to follow under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

Hyderabad: As part of efforts to control Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (TGDCA) inspected medical shops across Telangana on Wednesday and detected numerous instances of indiscriminate sale of antibiotics.

Raids were conducted at several medical shops across the state, with a focus on controlling the indiscriminate sale of antibiotics. Discrepancies in the sale of antibiotics were detected in 190 medical shops, and Show Cause Notices were issued for initiating departmental action, DG, TGDCA, Shahnawaz Qasim on Wednesday said.

The TGDCA officers detected several violations related to the sale of antibiotics, including sale without a prescription from a Registered Medical Practitioner, sale without issuance of a sale bill, sale in the absence of a Registered Pharmacist, non-maintenance of the Schedule H1 Drug Register in respect of antibiotics, and non-maintenance of Prescription Registers in respect of antibiotics.

Show Cause Notices have been issued to the 190 violating medical shops, and appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the rules made thereunder, a TGDCA statement said.