Pregabalin and Other Medicines Now Require Prescription in Nepal

Kathmandu. Now Pregabalin medicine cannot be sold without a prescription. The Nepal Pharmaceutical Association Kathmandu, an organization of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs, has taken strict steps to control the unwanted use and misuse of some special medicines in the market.

Based on the decision of the Department of Drug Administration, the association has issued mandatory instructions to importers, wholesale and retail pharmaceutical entrepreneurs to make the supply, market management, and sale and distribution of medicines containing Pregabalin, Dicyclomine, and Promethazine more systematic and controlled.