India Medicine Facts — Banned Combinations & Essential Medicines

Stop your AI from guessing. AI models invent or miss Indian drug bans (16 FDCs were banned in June 2026). This tool returns a sourced, structured answer in seconds.

Use when: a user asks if a drug combination is banned in India or if a medicine is on NLEM 2022. Stops AI guessing: official CDSCO gazette notification, date and source link in every answer. Updated with 2026 bans. Not medical advice.

Sourced, citable answers for AI agents, LLM apps, health-content creators and fact-checkers:

1. Is this drug combination banned in India? Checked against CDSCO's official lists of fixed-dose combinations prohibited under Section 26A of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 — 14 FDCs (02.06.2023), 156 FDCs (02.08.2024), 16 FDCs (11.06.2026). Returns the gazette notification number, date and official source link.
2. Is this medicine on India's National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM 2022)? Returns the NLEM code, therapeutic section, levels of healthcare and listed dosage forms, with the official source link.

Why: LLMs and social-media scripts often get Indian medicine regulation wrong. Wrong health claims mislead people and get content removed. This Actor answers only from official government publications and says so when something is outside its coverage.

Input

Output (example)

{
  "status": "PROHIBITED",
  "answer": "This combination is prohibited for manufacture, sale and distribution in India (Section 26A, Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940).",
  "matches": [{ "name": "Paracetamol + Lignocaine", "notification": "S.O. 3079(E)", "date": "2026-06-11",
               "source_url": "https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/resources/UploadCDSCOWeb/2018/UploadNewsFiles/List%20of%2016%20FDCs%20banned%20dated%2011.06.2026.pdf" }],
  "coverage": "…",
  "disclaimer": "Factual information from official Government of India publications, not medical advice…"
}

Honesty rules built in

• "Not found" is never reported as "not banned" or "not essential" — the answer says what is and isn't covered.
• Bans before 2023 are not yet covered (stated in every answer).
• NLEM combination entries that could not be verified line-by-line are excluded until verified.
• Not medical advice. No dosing, diagnosis or treatment recommendations.

Pricing

Pay per answer. Failed runs (invalid input) are not charged.

Sources

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (cdsco.gov.in), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.