Minutes of the DTAB meeting state: “The board considered various representations mentioning ketoprofen and aceclofenac as equally toxic as diclofenac and can kill vultures. Studies showed that ...

Diclofenac, a popular painkiller sold as Voltaren and other brand names, is as risky as Vioxx and should be taken off the market, Canadian researchers warn. However, in the absence of action from ...

Aceclofenac, the new entrant in this category, bears close structural and pharmacological resemblance to diclofenac. It has been found that aceclofenac is a new derivative of diclofenac and gets ...

The market share of aceclofenac had increased in the past two years, says the study. The paper highlights the presence and involvement of diclofenac and its metabolites in monkeys, rats ...

“Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac in cattle is equally toxic as Diclofenac and can kill vultures. Study showed that Aceclofenac was rapidly metabolized to Diclofenac. Ketoprofen is toxic to Gyps ...

The Tamil Nadu Drug Control Administration (TN DCA) has initiated action against the use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, diclofenac and aceclofenac, in veterinary treatments on account of ...

Of the 14 NSAIDs used in India, four — nimesulide, diclofenac, ketoprofen and aceclofenac — are harmful to the birds. The latter three are outlawed for veterinary use in India but continue to ...

Diclofenac has long been established as the prime reason for wiping out 99% of the vulture population in India in the 90s. Later two more veterinary drugs – aceclofenac and ketoprofen – were ...

Sixteen years after India banned veterinary use of diclofenac, found to be toxic for vultures, scientists and conservationists are calling for a ban on veterinary painkiller aceclofenac.

By 2014, IRVI confirmed that another NSAID, Aceclofenac, immediately metabolises into Diclofenac after being ingested by cattle, and again the three organisations formally began their call for bans.