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Pacific Pharmaceuticals Ltd Product List

Pacific Pharmaceuticals Ltd manufactures in Bangladesh, and its range on Arogga is built around diabetes: metformin, three classes of oral tablet and an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. Around that sit a painkiller, an antacid, a urinary antibiotic and a set of supplements.

Each section below names the generic behind the brand, because a prescription is written against the generic and that is what has to match.

Metformin — Metfo

Metformin, under Biguanides within Anti-Diabetic (Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs). It is the usual first medicine for type 2 diabetes.

XR is not interchangeable with the plain tablet

The XR is an extended-release form, taken once daily, and it is often better tolerated by a stomach that objects to the plain one. They are not swapped like for like — the dose and the timing differ, and that is a decision for whoever prescribed it.

Never crush or split an extended-release tablet. It releases the whole dose at once if you do.

Take it with food

Nausea, loose stools and stomach discomfort are common in the first weeks and usually settle. Taking it in the middle of a meal rather than before one is the simplest thing that helps.

Two things to tell a doctor about

Metformin is cleared by the kidneys, so kidney problems, dehydration, a severe illness or a vomiting bug all matter. It is usually stopped before a scan using contrast dye and before surgery.

Long-term use can lower vitamin B12, which is worth mentioning if you develop tingling, numbness or unusual tiredness.

Sulfonylureas — Diatrol, Dieta and Diaplus

Three different sulfonylureas. They work by making the pancreas release more insulin, which is why they carry a risk the metformin does not.

The MR on Diatrol means modified release, and like the metformin XR it is a different product from the plain tablet rather than a different size of it.

Low Blood Sugar — What to Know Before It Happens

This is the most important section on this page. Sulfonylureas can drop blood glucose too low, and a hypo is easy to treat and dangerous to ignore.

What it feels like

Shaking, sweating, sudden hunger, a racing heart, dizziness, blurred vision, confusion, irritability or difficulty concentrating. It can come on quickly.

What to do

Take fast-acting sugar immediately — glucose tablets, a sugary drink that is not a diet one, or a few teaspoons of sugar. Wait fifteen minutes, then check again if you can.

Follow it with something longer-acting, such as a biscuit or a small meal, so it does not return. If the person is drowsy, confused or unconscious, do not put anything in their mouth — get emergency help.

When it is more likely

A missed or delayed meal, more exercise than usual, alcohol, an illness that stops you eating, or a dose taken twice by mistake. Ramadan fasting in particular needs the dose and timing reviewed beforehand rather than adjusted on your own.

Carry something

Anyone on a sulfonylurea should keep fast-acting sugar with them and tell the people around them what a hypo looks like. That preparation is what turns a frightening episode into a minor one.

Sugatrol — Acarbose

Sugatrol 50 Tablet 50mg is acarbose, under Endocrine & Metabolic System. It slows the breakdown of starch in the gut, so glucose rises more gently after a meal.

Take it with the first mouthful

It only works on food that arrives after it. Taken at the end of a meal, or between meals, it does nothing. Wind and bloating are common at first and usually settle.

A hypo on acarbose must be treated with glucose, not ordinary sugar

This is a specific and little-known point. Acarbose blocks the enzyme that breaks table sugar down, so sweets, a sugary drink or honey will not raise blood glucose quickly while it is working.

Use glucose tablets or glucose powder. Anyone taking acarbose alongside a sulfonylurea or insulin should keep glucose specifically, and should be told this by whoever prescribes it.

HPR — Mefenamic Acid

Mefenamic acid, under Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, NSAIDs. It is an anti-inflammatory painkiller, used most often for period pain and for musculoskeletal pain.

It is an NSAID, and that carries specific risks

Take it with or just after food, use the lowest dose that works, and for the shortest time. The main risks are stomach irritation and bleeding, and effects on the kidneys.

Do not take it alongside another anti-inflammatory — ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac or aspirin for pain — because the risk adds up and the benefit does not.

Who should ask first

Anyone with a history of stomach ulcer or bleeding, kidney or liver disease, heart failure, uncontrolled blood pressure, or asthma made worse by painkillers. Also anyone on a blood thinner, a steroid, or medicines for blood pressure.

It should be avoided in the last third of pregnancy, and used in pregnancy at all only on advice.

Stop and seek help for these

Black or tarry stools, vomiting blood or what looks like coffee grounds, severe stomach pain, swelling of the face or difficulty breathing, or a spreading rash. None of those should wait.

Magmil — Antacid

Magnesium hydroxide, under Gastrointestinal System. It neutralises acid at a low dose and acts as a laxative at a higher one, which is why the label dose matters.

Shake the bottle. Antacids also interfere with the absorption of several other medicines, so leave a couple of hours between this and anything else — particularly antibiotics and iron.

Heartburn that keeps returning, or that comes with difficulty swallowing, weight loss, vomiting or black stools, needs a doctor rather than a longer course of antacid.

Ofuran SR — Urinary Antibiotic

Ofuran SR Tablet 100mg is nitrofurantoin, under Systemic Urinary Anti-Infective. It is used for bladder infections.

Finish the course

Symptoms usually improve within a couple of days and the infection is not finished. Stopping early is how it returns and how resistance builds. Take it with food, which both helps absorption and reduces nausea.

It works in the bladder, not the kidney

Nitrofurantoin concentrates in urine and does not reach kidney tissue well. Fever, back or flank pain, shaking chills or feeling generally unwell suggests the infection has gone higher, and that needs a doctor and a different antibiotic.

It also turns urine dark yellow or brown, which is harmless. It is not suitable in significant kidney impairment or at the very end of pregnancy.

Cholesterol and Heart

A statin lowers cholesterol and is taken long term, usually without any symptoms to tell you it is working. New muscle pain, tenderness or weakness — particularly with dark urine — should be reported rather than tolerated.

Omega-3 and niacin are additions to that rather than replacements for it. Stopping a prescribed statin in favour of a supplement is the decision that does the damage in this section.

Calcium, Vitamins and Supplements

Under Vitamin, Mineral & Nutritional Deficiency and, for one of the calcium products, Bone Formation & Disorders.

Calcium binds several medicines in the gut, including some antibiotics, iron and thyroid tablets. Separate them by a few hours. Folic acid matters most before and during early pregnancy, and the dose for that is a matter for a doctor rather than a shelf.

Match the Generic, Not the Brand Name

Every medicine here is sold under a brand name, and the same molecule is made by many manufacturers under many names.

What has to match a prescription is the generic and the strength. Metfo 500 and another company’s metformin 500mg are the same medicine, and the brand on the box is not what was prescribed.

That cuts both ways, and it is the reason to check: two tablets with different brand names can be the same drug, and taking both means a double dose. Every listing carries its generic, a prescription is collected wherever the law requires one, and a pharmacist checks the order before it goes out.

Where Pacific Sits on Arogga

This page collects one manufacturer. A shelf gathers the same molecule from every manufacturer that makes it, which is the view a prescription written against a generic needs.

What is available and at which strength shifts week to week, so the listing settles both.

About Pacific Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Pacific Pharmaceuticals Ltd manufactures in Bangladesh, and its catalogue on Arogga is unusually concentrated. Most of it is oral diabetes medicine, spanning metformin, three sulfonylureas and an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.

Around that sit a mefenamic acid painkiller in two strengths, an antacid suspension in two sizes, a urinary antibiotic, a statin, and calcium, folic acid and vitamin preparations.

It is searched as Pacific Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Pacific Pharma and simply Pacific, and in Bangla as প্যাসিফিক ফার্মাসিউটিক্যালস. All of those reach this list.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is HPR 500 used for?

It is mefenamic acid, an anti-inflammatory painkiller used most often for period pain and musculoskeletal pain. Take it with or just after food, at the lowest dose that works and for the shortest time, and never alongside another anti-inflammatory.

2. Who should not take mefenamic acid without asking first?

Anyone with a history of stomach ulcer or bleeding, kidney or liver disease, heart failure, uncontrolled blood pressure, or asthma made worse by painkillers. Also anyone on a blood thinner, a steroid or blood pressure medicines. Avoid it in the last third of pregnancy.

3. What does a low blood sugar feel like, and what do I do?

Shaking, sweating, sudden hunger, a racing heart, dizziness, blurred vision or confusion. Take fast-acting sugar straight away, wait fifteen minutes, then follow with something longer-acting. If the person is drowsy or unconscious, put nothing in their mouth and get emergency help.

4. Why must a hypo on Sugatrol be treated with glucose?

Because acarbose blocks the enzyme that breaks table sugar down, so sweets, a sugary drink or honey will not raise blood glucose quickly while it is working. Use glucose tablets or powder, and keep them specifically if you also take a sulfonylurea or insulin.

5. Can I swap Metfo XR for Metfo 500?

Not on your own. The XR is extended-release, taken once daily, and the dose and timing differ from the plain tablet. It is also often better tolerated by a stomach that objects to the plain one. Never crush or split an extended-release tablet.

6. I feel better — can I stop the Ofuran SR early?

No. Symptoms improve within a couple of days and the infection is not finished; stopping early is how it returns and how resistance builds. Fever, back pain or chills suggest the infection has reached the kidney, which needs a doctor and a different antibiotic.

7. Can I take an antacid with my other medicines?

Leave a couple of hours between them. Antacids interfere with the absorption of several medicines, particularly antibiotics and iron. The same applies to calcium tablets, which also bind thyroid medication.

8. প্যাসিফিক ফার্মাসিউটিক্যালস এর প্রোডাক্ট লিস্ট কোথায় পাবো?

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