Urgent warning from the Ministry of Health

The pharmacy department of the Ministry of Health, warned against fraudulent and unregistered containers for 3 cosmetic products, including cosmetics "Botox", "20% amoxy" and Zytiga 500 mg tab.

The Ministry of Health pointed out in a pamphlet No. 31 of 2019 the need to control and seize what may exist in the local market and government units after taking all the procedures stored in government units, for adulterated packagings from Botox. Bottle "lot number" c 4122c3 ", the original packaging of this product is manufactured by Allergan.

The ministry has called for the publication of this publication to all public and private hospitals in the province to take legal action against the pharmaceutical institution in the absence of purchase invoices for these products and against the supplier for these products. invoices and to inform us of what has been done.

Botox aims to prevent the contraction of mica muscles (facial expressions), responsible for wrinkles with age, to reduce the signs of aging of the skin. It is used for aesthetic purposes, mainly for women who want a younger look.

The Central Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Population, in its publication No. 30 of 2019, warned against unregistered containers for the veterinary product "amoxy 20%", used in the treatment of enteric poultry, and that is written about the production of the Arab Society for Gelantinium products.

The Department said that after investigation with the Directorate General of Veterinary Registration, he had indicated that this product was not registered with the database.

The Ministry sent the circular to governorate health affairs directorates to monitor and record these operations in accordance with official records.

The ministry also warned against an over-the-counter, falsified and unregistered medication listed on the zytiga 500 mg tab.

The department indicated that the manufacturer had reported to them that the price of the original packaging recorded was 46,000 and 611 pounds ("the package of 60 tablets"), highlighting that it could well distinguish ostensibly between the original packaging recorded and smuggled unrecorded for said product.