Chinese proprietary medicine

Koh H, Woo S. (2000) Chinese proprietary medicine in Singapore Regulatory control of toxic heavy metals and nndeclared drugs. Drug Safety 23 351-362. 

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) includes both crude Chinese medicinal materials (plants, animal parts, and minerals) and Chinese proprietary medicine (CPM). The quality of TCM, as with other products,... 

Lau KK, Lai CK, Chan AW. Phenytoin poisoning after using Chinese proprietary medicines. Hum Exp Toxicol 2000 19(7) 385-6. 

Phenytoin poisoning has been reported in a patient who took Chinese proprietary medicines containing phenytoin, carbamazepine, and valproate (63). The manufacturer s information leaflet did not mention any of these prescription drugs. 

In recent years, some pharmaceutical manufacturers, driven by economic profits, illegally add synthetic antidiabetic drugs into their Chinese proprietary medicines (CPMs) to compensate the slow pharmacological action of Chinese medicines. The consequences of adulteration are very serious, and sometimes life-threatening, especially when taken by patients unwittingly and continually. Moreover, adulteration of CPMs and dietary supplements with synthetic drugs has had a bad influence on Chinese medicinal products. Therefore, it is of significant importance to analyze the... 

BSE CBER CDER cGMP CHO CNS CPMP CTNBio bovine spongiform encephalopathy Center for Biologies Evaluation and Research Center for Drug Evaluation and Research current good manufacturing practices Chinese hamster ovary cell line Conselho Nacional de Saude (Brazilian National Health Council) Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products Comissao Tecnica Nacional de Biosseguranca (Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Commission)... 

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