Addition of steroids in medicated dentrifices marketed in Pakistan: a possible serious health hazard. | [Journal of Pakistan Medical Association • 2003]

Author(s):

1. O. A. Farooqui: Departments of Operative Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fatima Jinnah Dental College and Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

2. T. Hosein: Departments of Operative Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fatima Jinnah Dental College and Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

3. M. M. Hosein: Departments of Operative Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fatima Jinnah Dental College and Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

To determine whether some dentifrices contain steroids. Samples of 20 brands claiming to have any medicinal benefit and readily available in the open market were submitted for testing for the presence of steroids to the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories, Karachi. Eight samples tested positive on the first test and seven were positive after a second, confirmatory test. All these brands are freely available over the counter and their labels do not list steroid as an ingredient. Exposing consumers unknowingly to steroid may be regarded as a serious health hazard. Our state regulatory bodies and media need to play an active role in the prevention and monitoring of such possibly unethical marketing.

Page(s): 332-334

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Published: Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, Volume: 53, Issue: 8, Year: 2003

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