The move comes after international studies revealed that Gatifloxacin posed 17 times higher risk of developing serious hyperglycemia than other antibiotics in elderly patients.
In the case of Tegaserod, there was a 10-fold increase in risk of heart attacks, studies have shown.
An expert committee is learnt to have recommended a prohibition on the production and use of these medicines in India due to such increased safety concerns.
The health ministry is expected to take a decision on the committee's recommendations soon.
The expert committee --Drugs Technical Advisory Board -- which consists of pharmacology experts is the highest technical authority when it comes to such decisions.
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