Telangana DCA seizes medicines worth Rs 17,800 in raid on unlicensed clinic

The Drug Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, based on credible information, raided the premises of a quack, K Anjaiah, on December 9, Palimela Mandal, in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district.

During the raid, DCA officials detected 28 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, abortifacient drugs (abortion pills), analgesics, anti-ulcer drugs, etc., found stocked at the premises without a drug license. The



officials seized the stock, worth a total of Rs 17,800, during the raid, said DG Drug Control Administration,V B Kamalasan Reddy.

Several ‘antibiotics’ such as Cefixime, Cefpodoxime, Amoxycillin etc., were found at the clinic during the raid. Indiscriminate sale of antibiotics by unqualified persons may have disastrous consequences on the health of the public, including the emergence of ‘Antimicrobial Resistance’.