Drug Safety Alerts
ATTENTION (ALERT)!
Tablet PHENOBAR 30mg has been declared SUB-STANDARD!
Tablet: PHENOBAR 30mg
Description: Light blue coloured, rounded tablets.
Batch No. PQ002
Registration No. 016862
Manufactured by: Star Laboratories (Pvt.) Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan
Background: Provincial Drug Inspector collected the sample from Rahimyar Khan and sent it to the Punjab Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) for testing and analysis.
Problem: Manufacturer has claimed Phenobarbitone 30mg, but DTL did not identify the active drug. Friability test was also out of specs. Therefore, DTL has declared it SPURIOUS and SUB-STANDARD. This product will fail to produce desired therapeutic effect.
Recommendation: This product does not meet appropriate quality standards and specifications and may therefore be ineffective and potentially harmful to patients. All concerned are intimated to keep avoid in procurement, dispensation, promotion, sale and use of this pharmaceutical product.
Note. Healthcare professionals and consumers are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of any pharmaceutical product to Provincial Drugs Control Unit Punjab through mentioned URL: mss.punjab.gov.pk/reporttgrp
Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department,
Govt. of the Punjab