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
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 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
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