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Temporarily banned the use of paracetamol injections - Latest Pharmaceutical News,

The state government has "temporarily banned the use of paracetamol injections in all government hospitals across the State till further orders" following the death of two people in Suntikoppa, Kodagu district after they were administered paracetamol injections in the primary health centre, said commissioner, health & family welfare, D.N. Nayak.

Two people - Susheela, 57, from Kedakkal near Suntikoppa, and Moidu 66, from Pumphouse in Suntikoppa town died soon after they were administered paracetamol injections in the PHC, Suntikoppa on Saturday morning.

The third victim, Sarita, 25, from Kushalnagar, died after she was administered dextrose IV fluid and Ranitidine - an antihistamine, said the commissioner.

He added that in the case of paracetamol the victims were given muscular injections. Mr Nayak said that though the post-mortem reports of the deceased are expected to arrive on Tuesday; the decision to temporarily ban the paracetamol injections in government hospitals has been taken as a precautionary measure. According to him deaths could possibly be due to "drug reaction and shock".

Meanwhile the drug controller Dr B.R. Jagashetty has seized the samples of the 'killer' drugs - the paracetamol vials, the dextrose IV fluid and Ranitidine and sent them to the Drug Testing Laboratory, Bengaluru. "The tests will take at least a fortnight," said Dr. Jagashetty.
"The drugs will be put through chemical and later abnormal toxicity and sterility tests on animals to rule out contamination," said Mr Nayak.

The paracetamol injections were acquired by the government from two pharmaceutical firms - SPM Drugs, Bhawani, Tamil Nadu and Nagarjuna Sagar, Hyderabad, the Commissioner said.

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