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Paracetamol stopped production of Panadol in Pakistan

13Sep

By Aqsa Azam1 Comment

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Paracetamol stopped production of Panadol in Pakistan

The generic tablet Panadol is facing a massive shortage in the Pakistani Market. Due to the sudden dengue and covid outbreak, people are looking for the best alternative these days. The company stopped production of the tablet due to the ineffectiveness of cost. Panadol is the most generic tablet every household has for pain relief and fever. But recently the Pakistani market is seeing a massive shortage of this tablet. In this weather, the level of dengue fever and Covid is skyrocketing, To cure that Panadol is a must-have. But people couldn't find the medicine due to no production at the company's end. This tablet is manufactured by GSK company which is the oldest pharmaceutical company in Pakistan. According to them, they produce around 450 million Panadol tablets each year. Re...

Dengue outbreak: 38 new cases reported in Sindh

Punjab continues to record more and more cases each day. Dengue has also spread to the South Eastern province of Sindh. With Dengue alarmingly increasing, Sindh have recorded around 492 cases just in the month of October. KARACHI, PAKISTAN - On October 12, The province of Sindh alone recorded a total of 38 dengue cases within a 24 hour span. Large numbers being reported each day, have caused the total number of dengue patients in October to be around 492. With dengue continuing to spread throughout Pakistan, medical experts indicate a major dengue outbreak. Apart from the Province of Sindh, dengue situation in Punjab and KPK is also worsening. According to Health department, Sindh's largest and populous city 'Karachi' received a majority 18 of these 38 dengue cases. Other small...

Pakistan fears Dengue outbreak amid growing cases

Punjab province is continuously recording an increase in Dengue cases. Over the last 24 hours, 90 new cases have been recorded in Punjab. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - In the last few days, an increasingly high number of Dengue cases have been recorded in the Punjab province. Just around 90 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours. With new cases coming in such large numbers, health officials suspect a Dengue outbreak in the country. Details from the Punjab Health Authority suggest that 81 of the 90 Dengue cases in the last 24 hours are from Lahore alone. With Lahore being a provincial capital and a busy city, health officials fear that Dengue is likely to spread there. Apart from Lahore, other cities that reported cases include Rawalpindi, Vehari, Sargodha and DI Khan. While the cases, in the...