A fake pain reliever and fever reducer was discovered.

The real Dianfagic fever reducer hard capsule has one end light blue, one end dark blue, while the fake one is yellow.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health) has just sent an urgent dispatch to the Department of Health of provinces, cities and hospitals to notify about the discovery of fake Dianfagic pain reliever and fever reducer.

The fever-reducing drug Dianfagic has been counterfeited. (Illustration photo)

This incident was discovered thanks to the test results of the Central Institute for Drug Testing on a drug sample named Dianfagic taken by the Ben Tre Province Testing Center at pharmacy counter 334, Thanh Ngai commune, Mo Cay district.

When testing and detecting fake drugs, the Central Institute for Drug Control reported to the Drug Administration to widely warn the community.

This fake medicine has some different characteristics from the real medicine produced by Minh Hai Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company. Specifically, the real Dianfagic medicine is contained in a clear and shiny plastic bottle, while the fake medicine is contained in an opaque plastic bottle. The hard capsule of the real medicine has one end light blue, one end dark blue, while the fake medicine is yellow.

The Drug Administration has requested the Health Departments of provinces and cities to notify people to avoid using this fake drug./.

According to VOV