The National Police Orders The Head Of The Regional Office For Monitoring Of Circulated Sirop Drugs That Are Prohibited By BPOM

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JAKARTA - The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has withdrawn sirop drugs containing Etylene Glikol (EG) and Dietilen Glikol (DEG) contamination. The National Police will assist and oversee the process.

"The National Police is ready to assist the relevant Ministries in the central and regional levels," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Nurul Azizah to VOI, Friday, October 21.

In fact, the National Police has ordered the Head of the Regional Unit (Kasatwil) to help in the process. Especially, supervise its circulation.

"The Kasatwil have been informed to help carry out monitoring," said Nurul.

Originally, BPOM ordered the pharmaceutical industry to attract the circulation of 5 types of Gunung which contained EG exceeding the safe threshold.

The reason is that the chemical is included in the history of drugs that have been consumed by a progressive atypical acute kidney failure (AKI) patient.

"BPOM has followed up by ordering the pharmaceutical industry that owns a distribution permit to withdraw drugAM from circulation throughout Indonesia and destruction for all product benches," wrote an official statement from BPOM.

1. Thermorex Sirup (drug of fever), produced by PT Konnimex with distribution license number DBL7813003537A1, box packaging, plastic bottle @60 ml.

2. Flurin DMP Sirup (cough and flu medicine), produced by PT Yarindo Farmatama with distribution license number DTL0332708637A1, box packaging, plastic bottle @60 ml.

3. Unibebi COugh Sirup (cough and flu medicine), produced by Universal Pharmaceutical Industries with distribution license number DTL72263037A1, Dus packaging, Plastic bottle @ 60 ml.

4. Unibebi Sirup Fever ( fever medicine), production of Universal Pharmaceutical Industries with distribution license number DBL8726301237A1, Dus packaging, bottle @ 60 ml.

5. Unibebi Fever Drops ( fever medicine), production of Universal Pharmaceutical Industries with distribution license number DBL1926303336A1, packaging Dus, bottle @15 ml.