DRUGS BANNED IN NEPAL

Sanjiv Pandey
Questions

• What is ban?
• Why ban?
• How ban?
• Who ban?
• What are the reasons for ban?
• Why ban on drugs?
• Authority to ban?
• Reason?
BS 2040
Due to potential harmful effects
• Amidopyrine & its combinations
• Phenacetin & its combinations
• Clioquinol & its combinations
BS 2043
To rationalize the composition
The ORS powders other than the formula recommended by WHO
• WHO recommended formula.
• For a liter of solution
• Sodium chloride 3.5gm
• Potassium chloride 1.5gm
• Trisodium citrate 2.9gm
• Dextrose 20gm
BS 2047
A. Due to potential harmful effects
• Oxyphenbutazone & its combinations
• Phenylbutazone in combination with other drugs
• Sulphaguanidine & its combinations
• Tetracycline liquid oral preparation
• Methaqualone & its combinations
• Santonin & its combinations
• Amphetamine & its combinations
• Diphenoxylate & its combinations in liquid dosage form
• Phenformin & its combinations
• Loperamide & its combinations in liquid dosage form
B. Due to misuse potential

• Combination of opoid narcotics except the

following
• Combination containing Pholcodine or Codeine and
their salts as cough sedative
• Combination of Codeine with Paracetamol and/or
Aspirin in ratio not exceeding 1:50
• Combinations containing antispasmodics
• Combination of antipsychotic drugs
(Neuroleptics) with other drugs except with
anticholinergic Trihexyphenidyl
C. Due to irrational combination
• Combination of antispasmodics with vitamin,
mineral and/or enzyme
• Combination of antibacterial with electrolyte
• Combination of anti tussive with expectorants
• Combinations containing two antihistamines
• Combination of disodium hydrogen citrate with
other drugs
• Combination of Ginsing with modern drugs
• Combination of two system of medicinmes
BS 2049
1. Codeine based cough syrups other than only Codeine 3mg/5ml
and bottle less than or equal to 50ml
2. Antibacterial combinations other than the following
• Combinations used in TB & Leprosy
• Two penicillins
• Pharmacopoeial
3. Streptomycin in oral dosage form
Combination of Paracetamol or
Aspirin except the following
• P or A + one decongestant
• P or A + one antihistamine
• P or A + one decongestant + one antihistamine
• Pharmacopoeial
1. Meprobamate and its combinations
2. Anti amoebic or antidiarrhoeal except the
following
• Metronidazole or Diloxanide with diloxanide furoate
• Combination of Diphenoxylate 2.5mg with Atropine
0.025mg in tablet dosage form
3. All combinations of antiflatulant except with
antacids and antispasmodics
4. Cyproheptadine with other drugs
5. Vitamin in prophylactic use
Which formula is not ban?

Multi-ingredient vitamin preparations other than

the following
• Any combination within vitamin ABCDE
• B plus mineral
• B plus enzyme &/or amino acids
• B plus amino acids
• B plus enzyme plus amino acids
• B plus protein
• Pharmacopoeial
All the added ingredients should be in
therapeutic range. Therapeutic range should
be in 5 or 10 or 15 or 20 or 30ml in case of
liquids and maximum of 3 tablets or capsules
per day.
Therapeutic ranges

• Vitamin B1 4.5 to 10mg

• Vitamin B2 5 to 10mg
• Vitamin B6 1.5 to 3mg
• Vitamin B12 5 to 15mcg
• Folic acid 0.5 to 1.5mg
• Niacinamide 45 to 100mg
• Dpanthenol 5 to 50mg
• Vitamin C 75 to 150mg
• Vitamin A 5000 to 10000IU
• Vitamin D 400 to 1000IU
BS 2055

• Analgin and its combinations

• Gripe mixtures containing sodium bicarbonate

09/07/23