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## Abstract Screening for corticosteroids carried out on 120 samples of alternative medicines which were dispensed to patients suffering mainly from asthma, arthritis, etc., showed that 38.32% of them were adulterated with steroids. Most of these samples were submitted for screening by either a medical practitioner or the patients themselves, who suspected effects of steroids from these drugs. The percentage of steroid positivity was determined in ayurvedic drugs, homeopathic drugs, and unknown or other category of drugs. The presence of steroids in these drugs given for different ailments such as asthma, arthritis, and unknown/other ailments was also tabulated. The results show that a high percentage of these samples contained corticosteroids, however, the distribution of positivity amongst groups was not statistically significant. The lack of proper quality control mechanisms to verify ingredients or efficacy of ‘alternative medicines’ has led to the proliferation of the practice of dispensing spurious drugs containing corticosteroids as alternative medicines. This study aims to highlight the existence of ‘quick fix’ remedies dispensed as ‘alternative medicines’ which not only ca

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Author

S. K. Gupta; T. Kaleekal; S. Joshi

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1053-8569)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)