Hyderabad, Aug. 5 -- The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, has seized Gabazen tablets containing Gabapentin 300 mg after uncovering their alleged manufacture and sale as a food product or nutraceutical in Malakpet, despite the medicine being a prescription drug.

According to the DCA, officials from the Malakpet unit conducted a raid on Tuesday, August 4, and found the product being circulated in the market as a nutraceutical.

However, based on its label composition, the product falls within the definition of a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

Officials stated that the product was allegedly manufactured using an FSSAI food licence and falsely projected as a food product or nutraceutical. They pointed out that G...