Inadequate drug classification

In Pakistan, the labelling of pharmaceuticals consistently shows a relaxation of the recommended applications and contra-indications which would apply in the countries of manufacture, one example being a medicine registered for use in Europe for children over four years of age and labelled in Pakistan for children from one year of age.

1. In the Western world, vitamins and minerals do not carry labels warning the customer about the effects of misuse, because they are traditionally viewed as food components and not as drugs.

1. Mis-classification
2. Ineffective self-regulation in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries
3. Inadequate labelling of dangerous substances

1. Repudiation of complementary medicine

1. Overdose
2. Irritating drugs
3. Excessive consumption of vitamins
4. Polypharmacy

1. Incorrect labelling

1. Secrecy about pharmaceutical products
2. Excessive influence of pharmaceutical manufacturers over doctors
3. Commercially exploitative food labelling

1. Harmonizing labelling

1. Misleading
2. Misclassification
3. Inconsistency
4. Inadequacy