The special drive was conducted with prime emphasis on verifying the sale of prescription medicines.
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NAGARA GOPAL
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration has conducted inspections across the state as part of a special drive to curb the indiscriminate sale of habit-forming drugs, abortion kits and antibiotics in retail medical shops.
The special drive was conducted with prime emphasis on verifying the sale of prescription medicines, including Schedule H and Schedule H1 drugs, and ensuring that retail medical shops dispense them only against a valid prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner.
Show cause notices were issued to 180 retail medical shops for various discrepancies detected by the inspection teams during the special drive, according to a release.
Published on December 10, 2025