Development of Consumer Guidelines for Appropriate Use of Ayurvedic Medicines: Need of Hour

Chaudhary, Anand Kumar; Singh, Neetu; Katoch, D C

doi:10.7897/2277-4343.04434

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“…There is a need for publishing detailed ‘Consumer guidelines’ and propagating them over newspapers, websites and other mass media to educate patients regarding the issue of probable adverse drug reactions associated with Ayurveda formulations. In 2011, a report was submitted to WHO (India) that contains the draft consumer guidelines [20] . These guidelines may be refined suitably and published as the first step in this direction.…”

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Ayurveda formulations: A roadmap to address the safety concerns

Patwardhan

Pathak

Acharya

2017

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

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It is a matter of serious concern that the number of case reports pointing at a possible association between the clinical toxicity and the use of Ayurveda formulations is increasing significantly over the years in scientific medical literature. Though most of these cases are connected with the presence of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic in these formulations, there are also reports suggesting toxicity due to the presence of toxic chemicals of herbal origin. In the year 2008, the Government of India took an initiative of establishing the National Pharmacovigilance Programme for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs in a structured way. However, due to lack of sustained support, this program has now become defunct. This issue is of vital importance and needs to be addressed effectively on a priority basis. In this communication, we propose the following crucial policy interventions to be introduced at different levels: a. Amendments to Drug and Cosmetic Act, b. Issuing consumer guidelines, c. Issuing prescription guidelines, d. Issuing clinical monitoring guidelines, e. Implementation of good manufacturing guidelines, f. Promoting documentation of clinical safety, g. Identifying the sources of contamination, and, h. Provision for stringent punishment. If these policy interventions are taken up and implemented, a significant positive change in the scenario can be expected in the near future.

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confidence: 99%