Health Ministry: 'Pak Li Medicated Plaster' contains scheduled poison


  • Nation
  • Monday, 09 Dec 2019

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry has advised the public to avoid buying and using a traditional product called "Pak Li Medicated Plaster" as it has been found to contain the scheduled poison diphenhydramine.

Its director, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic), said the registration of the product was cancelled on Dec 5 after diphenhydramine, which was not allowed in its formulation, was found in it.

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