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PRODUCT
FORMULA FORMULA- PRODUCT
TION ON
RECOMMENDED
TION ON
WHO LIST FOR WITHUK
(1979)
DRAWAL,
MARKET
BANGLADESH
EXPERT
COMMITTEE
MAY 1982
DESCRIPTION
17.
BECADEX
Drops
Multivitamin drops
No
No
Yes
18.
BECADEX
Syrup
Fruit-flavoured
multivitamin
No
No
Yes
19.
BECADEX
Tablets
Sugar-coated multivitamin
tablet
No
No
Yes
20.
BER1N
Injection
100 mg thiamine
hydrochloride per ml
(vitamin Bl)
No
No
No
21.
BER1N
Tablets
100 mg thiamine
hydrochloride per tablet
(vitamin Bl)
No
Yes
No
22.
*CALCI-OSTELIN
Injection
No
No
Yes
23.
CALC1-OSTELIN
+ B12
Injection
0.5 mg colloidal calcium
5,000 units vitamin D
and 50 meg vitamin B12
per ml
No
No
Yes
24.
CALCI-OSTELIN
+ B12
Syrup of calcium
vitamin D and
vitamin B12
No
No
Yes
25.
CALDEFERRUM
Tablets
Coated tablets
containing iron,
calcium and vitamin D
No
No
No
26.
CELIN
Flavoured
Tablets
Orange-flavoured tablets
containing 250 mg
ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
No
No
No
27.
CYTAMEN
Injection
Injection of vitamin B12:
250 meg per ml
1000 meg per ml
Yes
No
No
28.
CYTEXIN
Liquid
Vitamin B-complex with
vitamin B12
No
No
Yes
29.
DEQUAD1N
Lozenges
Pleasantly flavoured
lozenges each containing
0.25 mg dequalinium
chloride
Yes
No
Yes
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