Hyderabad, March 21 -- The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) and Telangana officials detected certain medicines in the market with misleading claims on their labels, stating they treat 'Leucoderma,' 'Tuberculosis,' and 'Fever.' Such claims violate the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, of 1954, which prohibits advertisements of certain drugs for specific treatments.

During raids conducted on Thursday, March 20, officials seized several medicines with misleading and objectionable advertisements. These include Picrosol Lotion, an Ayurvedic medicine claimed to treat 'Leucoderma'; Aswagandha Choornam, an Ayurvedic medicine claimed to treat 'Tuberculosis'; Musli Capsules, an Ayurvedic medicine claimed to treat 'Chro...