Antique Pharmaceuticals Ayurvedic Product List in Bangladesh

Antique Pharmaceuticals makes an ayurvedic range of syrups and capsules covering the chest, the joints, blood, digestion, sleep, skin and general energy. Nearly all of it sits under Ayurvedic Medicine.

The difficulty with this range is its naming, and that is what the first section deals with. After that the products are grouped by the area each one is filed under, so you can find the right bottle without decoding the name first.

Reading the “An–” Names

Most of this range is named with the same two opening letters, which makes the grid hard to scan and easy to mis-order. Anatex and Anatuss differ by three letters and are filed under completely different areas. So do Anaka and Anaking, Anarim and Anarist, Anervin and Anxicap.

Check the area, not the spelling

If somebody has told you the name out loud, confirm the spelling before ordering rather than after. The sections below give the filed area for every product, which is the quickest way to tell two similar names apart.

The pack itself carries the ingredient list and the intended use. Nothing in a coined name tells you what is inside it.

Chest and Breathing

The largest group in the range sits under Respiratory & Lung Health:

• Antique Asmat
• Antique Anaseb 200ml
• Antique Anatuss 200ml
• Antique Palmas 450ml

If you have asthma, keep the inhaler

Nothing swallowed acts fast enough to open an airway during an asthma attack. A reliever inhaler does, and it needs to be on you rather than at home. Keep taking a preventer inhaler if one has been prescribed, even in a good stretch when you feel you no longer need it.

Somebody too breathless to finish a sentence, or whose reliever is not working, needs emergency help immediately. A cough lasting beyond three weeks, or one bringing up blood, with weight loss or night sweats, needs investigating rather than soothing.

Joints, Bones and Fever

The joint group sits under Bone & Joint Health:

• Antique Andicap
• Antique Dianil 450ml
• Antique Fevanol

Joint pain with swelling, redness and heat in a single joint is not ordinary wear and needs seeing the same day, because an infected joint is damaged quickly. Morning stiffness lasting more than an hour, in several joints at once, points to inflammatory arthritis rather than to age, and that is treatable when found early.

Energy, Strength and Immunity

The tonics sit under Energy & Immunity Boosters:

• Antique Anarist 450ml
• Antique Dervy
• Antique V-Gain Upasam 450ml

Tiredness that has lasted months deserves a blood test at least once before anything else. Anaemia, low thyroid, low vitamin B12, diabetes and poor sleep all present as nothing more specific than fatigue, and all of them are straightforward to find and to correct.

Blood and Anaemia

The blood group sits under Anemia & Blood Disorders — Antique Anatex 100ml and Antique Anlipo 450ml.

Anaemia always has a cause

Anaemia is a finding, not a diagnosis. Treating the tiredness without finding out why the blood count is low can leave the real problem running quietly for months.

In a woman it is often heavy periods or pregnancy. In a man, or in a woman past the menopause, iron deficiency needs a look at the gut, because slow bleeding from the stomach or bowel is a common reason and an important one to find early. Get the blood test, then treat what it shows.

Digestion, and a Name That Reads Like a Prescription

Antique Neoprazol is the digestive listing in this range.

It is not omeprazole

The ending of that name is the one used by a family of prescription acid-reducing drugs — omeprazole, esomeprazole, pantoprazole. This is an ayurvedic preparation and is not one of them. If a doctor has prescribed you a drug whose name ends that way, this is not a substitute for it.

Indigestion that is new in someone over forty, or that comes with difficulty swallowing, vomiting, black stool or unexplained weight loss, needs investigating rather than settling with anything bought over a counter.

Kidney, Urinary and Men’s and Women’s Health

Several smaller groups sit together here:

• Antique Anaka 450ml and Antique Anomina 450ml — under Kidney & Urinary Health
• Antique Anarim and Antique Averton 450ml — under Men’s Health & Wellness
• Antique Anagold — the busiest listing in the range, filed under women’s health
• Antique Anaking and Antique Phytomon — the two filed outside the ayurvedic shelf

Burning on passing urine with fever, back pain or blood is a kidney infection until proved otherwise and wants same-day treatment. Passing much more urine than usual, with thirst and weight loss, should be checked for diabetes before anything else.

Sleep and Nerves

Under Mental Health & Sleep Disorders sit Antique Anervin 450ml and Antique Anxicap.

Do not stop a prescribed medicine to try one

Antidepressants and several sleep and anxiety medicines cannot be stopped abruptly without a withdrawal reaction, and stopping one is the commonest reason a person who was doing well becomes unwell again. Any change belongs with the prescriber.

If sleep has been poor for weeks, or if there are thoughts of harming yourself, that is a reason to talk to somebody today rather than to try something on a shelf. Help exists and asking for it is the shortest route.

Skin

Antique Opnim is the listing filed under skin care and dermatology.

A rash that is spreading quickly, blistering, or coming with fever needs looking at rather than treating. So does any mole or mark that is changing shape, growing, itching or bleeding — that one is not a skin-care question at all, and finding out early is the whole of the advantage.

Before You Start an Ayurvedic Preparation

Tell your doctor what you are taking

Plant preparations interact with prescription medicines, and the ones that matter most are blood thinners, diabetes tablets, blood pressure medicines and anything for the liver. A doctor or pharmacist is not going to disapprove; they need the full list to keep the rest of it safe.

Buy from a licensed source, and read the ingredients

Traditional preparations made by metal-based methods have, in testing around the world, sometimes been found to contain lead, mercury or arsenic. That is a property of certain preparation styles rather than of every ayurvedic product, and buying from a licensed pharmacy is the practical protection.

Read the ingredient list on the carton before the first dose, and keep the carton while you are taking it.

Pregnancy, children and the liver

Ask before giving any of these in pregnancy or breastfeeding, to a child, or to anybody with liver or kidney disease. These are the groups where a plant preparation is least predictable, and the question takes a pharmacist a minute to answer.

Syrup or Capsule, and How to Take Either

The range runs mostly to syrups, in bottles from 100ml up to 450ml, with a handful of capsules. The format is worth noticing before you order: a 450ml bottle is a course rather than a trial, and a syrup once opened has a shorter life than a sealed one.

Measure it, and write the date on the carton

Use the cup or spoon supplied rather than a kitchen spoon, which is not a measured 5ml and varies between spoons. Note the day you opened the bottle, keep it upright, out of the sun and out of reach of children, and do not decant it into another container — the batch number and expiry stay with the original.

Many of these syrups are sweetened, which matters if you are managing blood sugar. A pharmacist will check a carton with you.

Where Antique Sits on Arogga

Almost the whole range files under Ayurvedic Medicine, then splits by the area of the body it addresses. The shelves linked through the sections above are the quickest route to a comparison with other brands.

A short tail sits outside that grouping, which is worth knowing if you are browsing rather than searching — they will not appear alongside the rest.

About Antique Pharmaceuticals

Antique Pharmaceuticals is a Bangladeshi ayurvedic manufacturer. Its range is built around syrups in 100ml to 450ml bottles and a smaller number of capsules, covering most of the common everyday complaints rather than specialising in one.

Sizes, ingredients and availability live on the individual listings and are updated there rather than in this text, which is why no figure appears here. The manufacturer is based in Bangladesh and supplies through pharmacies and traditional-medicine retailers rather than direct. The grid above is the live version of that list.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why do so many of these names start the same way?

It is the manufacturer’s naming convention across most of the range. It does mean several products differ by only a letter or two while being intended for completely different things, so confirm the spelling before ordering rather than after.

2. Is Antique Neoprazol the same as omeprazole?

No. The ending of the name matches a family of prescription acid-reducing drugs, but this is an ayurvedic preparation and is not one of them. If your doctor prescribed a drug with that ending, this does not replace it.

3. Can one of these replace an asthma inhaler?

No. Nothing swallowed works fast enough to open an airway in an attack. Keep the reliever inhaler with you and keep taking a preventer if one is prescribed. Too breathless to finish a sentence means calling for help straight away.

4. Should I stop my prescribed medicine while taking one?

No, and especially not an antidepressant, a sleep or anxiety medicine, a diabetes tablet or a blood thinner. Several cannot be stopped abruptly without a reaction. Any change belongs with the person who prescribed it.

5. Do I need to tell my doctor I am taking an ayurvedic product?

Yes, and it is a routine thing to mention. Plant preparations interact with blood thinners, diabetes tablets and blood pressure medicines in particular. Nobody is going to disapprove — they need the full list to keep everything else safe.

6. Are ayurvedic medicines safe in pregnancy?

Ask first, every time. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, young children and anybody with liver or kidney disease are the situations where a plant preparation is least predictable. A pharmacist can answer it in a minute.

7. I am tired all the time. Will a tonic fix it?

Have a blood test once before deciding. Anaemia, low thyroid, low vitamin B12, diabetes and untreated poor sleep all present as plain tiredness, and every one of them is easy to find and straightforward to correct.

8. How do I know which bottle size I am buying?

Some registered names state it and many do not. Where the name carries no size, it is on the product page and on the carton. Check it before ordering, because the same product appears in more than one volume.