Schedule J
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The Schedule J of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 of India contains "a list of diseases and ailments which a drug may not claim to prevent or cure". Under Rule 106 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, a drug cannot make claims to treat or prevent any of the diseases or reform the conditions listed.[1]
According to the last changes introduced in 1996 by the Government of India by the Notification No. G.S.R. 21(E), the list as follows:[1]
- AIDS
- Angina Pectoris
- Appendicitis
- Arteriosclerosis
- Blindness
- Blood poisoning
- Bronchial asthma
- Cancer and benign tumour
- Cataract
- Change in colour of hair and growth of new hair
- Change of foetal sex by using drugs
- Congenital malformations
- Deafness
- Diabetes
- Diseases and Disorders of the uterus
- Epileptic fits and psychiatric disorders
- Encephalitis
- Fairness of the skin
- Form and structure of the breast
- Gangrene
- Genetic disorders
- Glaucoma
- Goitre
- Hernia
- High/low blood pressure
- Hydrocele
- Insanity
- Increase in brain capacity and improvement of memory
- Improvement in height of children/adults
- Improvement in size and shape of the sexual organ and in duration of sexual performance
- Improvement in the strength of the natural teeth
- Improvement in vision
- Jaundice/Hepatitis/Liver disorders
- Leukaemia
- Leucoderma
- Maintenance or improvement of the capacity of the human being for sexual pleasure
- Mental retardation, subnormalities and growth
- Myocardial infarction
- Obesity
- Paralysis
- Parkinsonism
- Piles and Fistulae
- Power to rejuvenate
- Premature ageing
- Premature greying of hair
- Rheumatic heart diseases
- Sexual impotence, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhoea
- Spondylitis
- Stammering
- Stones in gall-bladder, kidney, bladder
- Vericose vein