FOOD and Drug Administration has warned of unregistered oxy­tocin tablets which have no guar­antee of quality and how much it effects or harmful substances.

 

It has carried out regular checks on the pharmaceutical market and low-quality unregis­tered drugs are found selling in the market, so the public should be cautious and do not use them, FDA said in a statement on 17 February.

 

FDA has made public drug photos to help people to distin­guish what is registered and what are unregistered and the statement stipulated four oxy­tocin brands which are unoffi­cially imported and written in Pakistan, said the statement.

 

It said oxytocin USP is an officially registered drug fea­turing a Myanmar registration number and written in English. — MT/ZS