23 of 102 Syrup Medicines Found by the Ministry of Health are Safe for Consumption: Here's the List

The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) stated that only 23 out of 102 listed syrup medicines released by the Ministry of Health are categorized as safe for consumption after undergoing testing. Hundreds of these medicines were previously banned because they were consumed by patients with acute kidney injury.

BPOM Head, Penny K. Lukito, confirmed that these 23 syrup products are free from solvent compounds containing propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, sorbitol, and/or glycerin/glycerol.

"Of the 102 syrup medicines, 23 products do not use these four solvents, making them safe to use," said Penny, as quoted from *Katadata.co.id*, Sunday (23/10).

The following is a list of the 23 syrup medicines:

1. Alerfed Syrup
2. Amoxan
3. Amoxicillin
4. Azithromycin Syrup
5. Cazetin
6. Cefacef Syrup
7. Cefspan syrup
8. Cetirizine
9. Devosix drop 15 ml
10. Domperidon Syrup
11. Etamox syrup
12. Interzinc
13. Nytex
14. Omemox
15. Rhinos Neo drop
16. Vestein (Erdostein)
17. Yusimox
18. Zinc Syrup
19. Zincpro Syrup
20. Zibramax
21. Renalyte
22. Amoxicillin
23. Erythromycin

Most recently, BPOM also announced a list of 133 syrup medicines that are safe for consumption as long as they are used according to the instructions. These syrup medicines do not use propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, sorbitol, or glycerin/glycerol. The list of 133 safe medicines can be accessed via this link.

"BPOM will continue to update information regarding the results of the supervision of syrup medicines based on the latest data," stated the information quoted from the official website pom.go.id, Monday (24/10).

Previously, the Ministry of Health on Friday (21/10) announced 102 brands of syrup medicines consumed by patients with atypical progressive acute kidney failure.

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on that occasion that polyethylene glycol is not inherently dangerous as a solvent in syrup medicines as long as it is within the safe threshold. However, when the mixture formula is poor, polyethylene glycol can trigger EG and DEG contamination.

It should be noted that, according to the Pharmacopoeia and national standards, the safe threshold for EG and DEG contamination is 0.5 mg/kg body weight per day.