The National Drugs, Food and Technology (ANMAT) today banned the use of a batch of antiretroviral "Ritonavir" used to treat AIDS, to detect that it was adulterated.
ANMAT said in a statement that the measure includes the batch of 84 capsules of ritonavir soft slogan is Abbott Laboratories, with number and expiration 14132e21 starting on 1 April next year.
said that the measure was taken following an inspection conducted by the National Drug Institute, an agency of the ANMAT, in the province of Misiones.
noted that at that time, we proceeded to the sampling of the drug and was brought to the firm Abbot, for recognition.
In this procedure, it was found that the lot 14132E21 does not correspond to a consignment imported by the laboratory.
explained that the plastic bottle and the label corresponding to the original laboratory, but said that by shaking the can feels as if the capsules were in block, which could be due to poor storage conditions.
ANMAT ordered a ban on marketing and use of preventive, detected since the situation is of health risk and warned that there might still be adulterated other units on the market.
Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by the retrovirus HIV, which causes AIDS.
Source: misionesonline.net
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