No curbs on paracetamol tablet sale: state to HC
TNN | Jul 15, 2020, 04.16 AM IST
Madurai: The state government on Tuesday informed the Madras high court that it had not passed any orders restricting the sale of paracetamol tablets at pharmacies. Following this, the court disposed of a plea which sought to ensure that paracetamol tablets are sold at pharmacies without prescription.
The special government pleader V R Shanmuganathan submitted that the petition was filed based on surmises since no order was passed by the government restricting its sale.
Taking cognizance of the submissions, a division bench of justice M Sathyanarayanan and justice P Rajamanickam passed the order while hearing the public interest litigation filed by A Joel Sugumar from Madurai, who is the coordinator of the Democratic Corruption Liberation Front, a registered political party.
The petitioner stated that as per Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, paracetamol tablets have been classified as household remedy. Paracetamol, which is a common painkiller and used to reduce body temperature can be sold at the pharmacy counters even without prescription from a registered medical practitioner.
He stated that people who are suffering from fever and cold other than Covid-19 purchase paracetamol tablets as a remedy. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, oral instructions were given to the pharmacies not to sell the tablets without prescriptions, he claimed. He further stated that pharmacies are informing the same to the public. This restriction would cause difficulty to the people.
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