158 medical shops across Telangana issued show-cause notices for illegal sale of prescription drugs

Staff of the Drugs Wing of Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) at a retail medical shops Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) has issued show-cause notices to 158 medical shops following a special enforcement drive against the illegal sale of habit-forming medicines across the State on Wednesday. The drive focused on the unauthorised sale of medicines such as Tramadol, Pregabalin-containing formulations, Nitrazepam, Alprazolam, Tapentadol, Codeine-containing cough syrups and Zolpidem. The violations included sale of prescription medicines without a prescription from a registered medical practitioner.Other violations included failure to issue bills, non-maintenance or producti