Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Telangana DCA Seizes Mislabeled Gabazen Tablets Sold as Nutraceuticals
Some people in India were selling tablets called Gabazen.
These tablets were actually medicine, but they were being sold as if they were food or health supplements.
The people who check these things, called the Drugs Control Administration, found out.
The medicine in the tablets is called Gabapentin.
Gabapentin is a strong medicine that you can only get with a doctor's prescription.
Selling it like a food product is against the law.
The drug regulators raided a place in Hyderabad and took away the tablets.
The makers were using a food license instead of a proper medicine license.
Now the makers must follow strict rules if they want to make this medicine, and they need special permission called a drug licence.
Telangana Drugs Control Administration seized Gabazen tablets during a raid in Malakpet.
The tablets were falsely manufactured and sold under the guise of 'food products/nutraceuticals'.
The product was manufactured under a food license despite being classified as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
Gabapentin, the active ingredient, is a prescription drug classified under Schedule H of the Drugs Rules and is not a nutraceutical.
Such products must be made under a drug licence, follow Good Manufacturing Practices (Schedule-M), and meet Indian Pharmacopoeia standards.
- Who
- Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA)
- What
- Seized Gabazen tablets that were falsely manufactured and sold as food products/nutraceuticals despite being a drug product
- When
- Date not specified in the articles
- Where
- Malakpet, Hyderabad, Telangana
- Why
- Gabapentin is a prescription drug under Schedule H and is not a nutraceutical, so the product must be manufactured under a drug licence per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
- Regulatory Agency
- Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA)
- Product Seized
- Gabazen Tablets
- Active Ingredient
- Gabapentin (Schedule H prescription drug)
- Raid Location
- Malakpet, Hyderabad, Telangana
- Violation
- Falsely manufactured and sold as food product/nutraceutical under a food license
- Legal Classification
- Drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
- Required Manufacturing Licence
- Drug licence under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
- Required Standards
- Good Manufacturing Practices (Schedule-M) and Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP)