{"id":273322,"date":"2023-12-11T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=273322"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:49:15","slug":"dress-syndrome-painkiller-meftal-can-have-adverse-reactions-govt-issues-drug-safety-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dress-syndrome-painkiller-meftal-can-have-adverse-reactions-govt-issues-drug-safety-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"DRESS Syndrome: Painkiller Meftal can have adverse reactions; govt issues drug safety alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>DRESS Syndrome: Painkiller Meftal can have adverse reactions; govt issues drug safety alert<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cBusiness Standard\u201d on 8th December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has warned about risks linked to the painkiller Meftal. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have cautioned about possible harmful reactions with the drug such as a severe condition called DRESS syndrome.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is DRESS Syndrome?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) DRESS syndrome stands for Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) It is a <strong>severe, idiosyncratic reaction to a drugs<\/strong> such as such as abacavir, allopurinol, and lamotrigine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note-<\/strong> Idiosyncratic drug reaction is used for unpredictable reactions that occur in only a small percentage of patients receiving the drug<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) It is characterised by a <strong>delayed onset of symptoms including fever, skin rash<\/strong>, lymphadenopathy (swelling of lymph nodes), eosinophilia (an increase in a type of white blood cells) and various systemic manifestations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4) The syndrome has an <strong>estimated mortality rate of 10 per cent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Meftal?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Meftal is an over-the-counter medication used to treat pain and inflammation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) It contains the active ingredient mefenamic acid, which belongs to a class of drugs known as <b>nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often prescribed for conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, menstrual pain, dental pain, inflammation, fever, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) Other commonly used NSAIDs include ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC)?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cabinet-approves-signing-of-mou-between-india-and-suriname-in-the-field-of-the-regulation-of-medicines\/\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cDRESS Syndrome: Painkiller Meftal can have adverse reactions; govt issues drug safety alert\u201d published in \u201cBusiness Standard\u201d on 8th December 2023 Why in the News? The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has warned about risks linked to the painkiller Meftal. They have cautioned about possible harmful reactions with&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dress-syndrome-painkiller-meftal-can-have-adverse-reactions-govt-issues-drug-safety-alert\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DRESS Syndrome: Painkiller Meftal can have adverse reactions; govt issues drug safety alert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-273322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":25,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702319427},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}