ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has taken notice of the increasing sale of antibiotic drugs without a doctor’s prescription.

Chief Executive Director(CEO) DRAP Asim Rauf issued instructions to all provincial health departments and said that the sale of antibiotic drugs without prescription should be stopped immediately across the country.

According to Asim Rauf, there should be an immediate change in the laws for the sale of antibiotic drugs, the resistance of disease-causing microbes to antibiotic drugs is increasing.

CEO DRAP said that antibiotic drugs are sold like hot cakes all over the world on prescription and in Pakistan, action will also be taken against doctors who prescribe unnecessary antibiotics.

According to the authorities, action will also be taken against the pharma companies doing unethical marketing for the sale of medicines. An estimated antibiotic medicines worth 135 billion rupees are sold in Pakistan every year.

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Earlier,  Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) cracked down on illegal drug traffickers on Tuesday, Bol News reported.

However, the DRAPE decided to take a nationwide crackdown against illegal, substandard drugs.

In addition to that, the goal of eradicating illegal, substandard drugs is entrusted to the National Task Force (NTF). On the other hand, the NTF completed their homework for the nationwide crackdown.