April 24 (Punjab Khabarnama) : District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa, exercising powers under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act-2 of 1974), has issued an order that Pregabalin should be prescribed only on the basis of the approval of a competent physician. To be given by the pharmacy. He instructed that the pharmacy should keep a complete record of this medicine.
He said that the Civil Surgeon through his office’s letter No. Drugs/2023/452 dated 24.8.2023 has informed that the use of Pregabalin for the treatment of patients related to fibromyalgia/neuralgia etc. diseases is generally prescribed by Medical Specialist/Psychiatrist/G. It is done by the DMO, but high doses of pregabalin can be abused as a drug. Therefore, Pregabalin medicine should be given by the pharmacy only on the basis of the approval of the competent doctor and only for the specified time. This order will remain in force till June 24, 2024.
