China to Ban a List of Drugs from Online Sales

Category 1

Vaccines, blood products, anesthetics, psychiatric drugs, toxic drugs for medical use, radioactive drugs, medical precursor chemicals, preparations made and used only in medical institutions, and TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) granules.

Category 2

2.1

Injections (except drugs for reducing the glycemic level)

2.2

        i. Combination drugs that contain ephedrine;

       ii.  Drugs listed in the Announcement on Enhancing the Administration of Purchase and Sales of Oral Combination Solutions, Compound Liquorice Tablets, and Compound Diphenoxylate Tablets;

      iii. Drugs listed in the Announcement on Enhancing the Administration of Purchase and Sales of Anesthetics and Tramadol Oral Combination Drugs;

      iv.  Dextromethorphan.

Except Chinese patent medicines containing Ephedra sinica.

2.3

Anabolic steroids and peptide hormones (except insulins) listed in Stimulant Catalog.

2.4

Drugs with high risks:

        i. Digoxin, disopyramide, quinidine, prazosin, procainamide, propafenone, amiodarone, quinine, aminophylline, choline theophyllinate, isoprenaline;

       ii.  Phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, chloral hydrate, dabigatran etexilate, warfarin, ticagrelor, cilostazol, primidone, lithium carbonate, isoflurane, sevoflurane, enflurane, desflurane, colchicine;

      iii. Mifepristone, compound mifepristone, cyproterone, carboprost methylate, estradiol, misoprostol, dinoprostone;

      iv. Faropenem, fusidic acid, voriconazole, linezolid, nemonoxacin, posaconazole, cefdinir, itraconazole, levornidazole, cefpodoxime axetil.