Bitter Pills:Medicines & The Third World Poor

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION FORMULA- FORMULA- PRODUCT TION ON TION ON RECOMMENDED WHO LIST FOR WITHUK DRAWAL, MARKET (1979) BANGLADESH EXPERT COMMITTEE MAY 1982 48. P1RITON Tablets Aniihistamine tablet containing chlorpheniramine maleate 4 mg Yes No No 49. PLEXAN Injection Injection of liver extract with added vitamin B12 No No Yes 50. PREPALIN A sterile oily solution for injection containing 100,000 units of vitamin A per ml No No (on Bangladesh Essential Drug List) No 51. PROBERON Injection Vitamin B-complex injection No No Yes 52. STIBATIN A sterile solution of pentavalent sodium antimony (V) gluconate 100 mg per ml No Yes No 53. VENTOL1N Tablets Tablets containing 2 mg salbutamol sulphate Yes No No NEW PRODUCTS 54. CEPOREX Capsules A broad spectrum bacterial antibiotic containing 250 mg cephalexin monohydrate in each capsule Yes No No 55. VIBELAN FORTE-C Capsules A preparation of vitamin B-complex with therapeutic quantities of vitamin C in each capsule No No Yes 56. VENTOL1N Elixir An effective bronchodilator containing salutamol sulphate 1 mg and guaiphenesin 50 mg in each teaspoonful Yes Yes No (From price list July 1981) * CALCl-OSTELIN injection not on July 1981 Price List, but no evidence of withdrawal since March 1980 Medical List; included in May 1982 Review. 267

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