IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Open Science Publishers LLP144HealthcareRationality of the Fixed Dose Combinations in Indian Drug Market: An Evaluation at the level of Drug Compendium BanodeSiddharthMehtaMaulinChourishiAshutosh15052015811This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Objective: To evaluate the drug compendiums for the FDC__ampersandsignrsquo;s and comment on their rationality /irrationality. Methods: Drug compendium IDR, was collected from the central library and lists of FDC__ampersandsignrsquo;s mentioned in the compendium was postulated and the final list was analysed according to WHO guidelines on FDC__ampersandsignrsquo;s. Results: The total number of FDC__ampersandsignrsquo;s were found to be approximately 166, maximum percentage of FDC__ampersandsignrsquo;s, out of which only 12% were rational , rest of them belonged to irrational category. Conclusion: A strict vigilant watch should be there over these FDC__ampersandsignrsquo;s running in the Indian Drug market, where these large number of FDC__ampersandsignrsquo; s are flourishing under different brand nam

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