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Shops In Delhi To Stock The Swine Flu Drug
Kounteya Sinha |
TNN
New Delhi: The world’s only
anti-viral drug known to be effective against the deadly H1N1
virus, oseltamivir (Tamilfu), is now available at chemists near
you.
A total of 480 chemists have been allowed to sell the drug in
India against prescription, of which 28 are in Delhi. The chemists
in Delhi who have been given licence to sell Tamilfu are based in
Dilshad Garden, Pitampura, Gautam Nagar, Chanakyapuri, Vasant Kunj,
Old Rajinder Nagar, Rajouri Garden, East Shalimar Bagh, Sarita
Vihar, Kalkaji, Gole Market, Dwarka sector 10 and Nehru Nagar.
The second line drug Zanamivir or Relenza, listed under
Schedule X of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 2008, will also be
available. However, the demand is expected to be for oseltamivir
which is the first line drug.
While selling these drugs, pharmacies will have to keep a
record of prescriptions, name of the doctor who prescribed it and
the person to whom it was sold. ‘‘To buy Tamiflu, suspected
patients will have to produce three copies of the prescription
from a doctor, one will be stamped and returned to the consumer
while the other two will be kept by the retail chemist and the
distributor. We want to ensure no hoarding of the drug takes
place,’’ a health ministry official said. The sale of Tamiflu and
Relenza will be monitored by the respective state drug
controllers.
Ten tablets of Tamiflu will cost Rs 450 and you can buy 20
tablets of Relenza, marketed in India as Virenza by Cipla, for Rs
800.
According to the list available with TOI of the northern
region, UP has five chemists — in Kanpur, Bareilly, Mathura,
Meerut and Noida — which will sell the drug. Haryana has a single
chemist in Ambala while Punjab will have five in Mohali, Amritsar,
Zirakpur and Jalandhar.
In Himachal Pradesh, the drug will be available in a chemist
shop in Mandi while Jammu and Kashmir has 31 such outlets.
Rajasthan has seven chemists allowed to sell oseltamivir between
Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur while Chandigarh has five.
The chemists have already started procuring the drug from six
companies which have the permission to manufacture the medicine.
The companies include Ranbaxy, Cipla, Metco, Hetero, Strides and
Roche.
Meanwhile, India on Tuesday recorded over 300 positive cases of
H1N1 infections — the highest in a single day. The virus has taken
over 250 Indian lives.
India has already spent over Rs 70 crore on purchasing Tamilfu
whose retail sale was banned till now. It was only available in
designated hospitals identified by the government for treating and
quarantining H1N1 cases. India has a stockpile of 30 million doses
of Tamilfu. Around 72 lakh doses have already been decentralized
with every district having stock to treat 1,000 patients, 35
metros having stock to treat 1,000 patients and bigger cities
having stock to treat 10,000 patients.
Help Within Easy Reach
The chemist shops and outlets in the capital where Tamiflu will
be available
Shree Ram Medicos, Dilshad Garden; Govind Medical Store, Dilshad
Garden; Impex India, Opposite GTB Hospital; Ankay Medicos, Krishna
Nagar; Triveni Medicos, East Krishna Nagar; Kaysons Pharma, Aruna
Asaf Ali Hospital, Rajpura Road; Army Medical and General Store,
Sadar Bazar, Delhi Cantt; B R Medicos, Gopi Nath Bazar, Delhi
Cantt; Gemini Therapeutics, Nehru Market, Rajouri Garden; Friends
International, R Bhawan, Matiala Village; Nath Medical Hall,
Rajouri Garden; New Delhi Medicos, Old Rajinder Nagar, Sir Ganga
Ram Road; New Delhi Medicos, Main Pusa Road, Old Rajinder Nagar;
Miglani Chemist, Manish Royal Plaza II, Dwarka; Institute of Live
and Biliary Sciences, Vasant Kunj; Dynamic Pharmacy Primes Otho &
Spine Hospital, Chander Gupta Marg, Chanakyapuri; Shivay
Medibutors, CSC Lok Vihar, Pitampura; Miglani Bros Chemist, East
Shalimar Bagh; Friends International, Gautam Nagar; Jainyson
Chemist, Central Road, Bhogal; Indian Hospital Corp Litd,
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar; Family Farmace, Ram
Puri, Kalkaji; Impex India, Yusuf Sarai; Krishna Chemist, Behind
RML Hospital, R K Ashram Marg; New Delhi Medicos, Old R K Ashram
Marg, Behind RML Hospital; CGHS Medical Store Depot, Udyan Marg,
DIZ Area, Gole Market; Diligent Hospital, East of Sainik Farm;
Vimhams Pharmacy, No 1 Institutional Area, Nehru Nagar
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