For the first time an Indian company has indigenously, launched nicotine patches in India in the form of three step product for people who smoke 20 cigarettes every day. 2baconil is nicotine transdermal patch which provides a measured dose of harmless nicotine through the skin for 24 hours a day. Sparsha Pharma International Pvt. Was established in 2008 as the first transdermal company in India to engage in R&D, manufacturing and marketing of transdermal products for global markets. Sparsha Pharma International Pvt.Ltd. Is India's first WHO certified Fentanyl Transdermal Patch manufacturer.

Patch it up Transdermal patches can help in pain management. But there is not enough awareness about them in India, says Hemchhaya De You have heard of nicotine patches — those Band Aid-like strips that help people quit smoking. But those are just one variety of what is broadly known as transdermal patches. The latter play a crucial role in pain management in several parts of the world.

But in India, doctors say, awareness of the use of transdermal patches in relieving pain is abysmally low. What’s more, these are not widely available in the country. “Indian companies started manufacturing these patches only half a decade ago. But awareness is still quite low,” says Dr G.P. Amp Winamp. Dureja, director, Delhi Pain Management Centre, who started pain management services at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1986.

Agrees Sanjay Singh, business unit head, Sparsha Pharma, one of the few drug companies in the country manufacturing patches, “There is a huge demand for transdermal patches in therapeutic areas like cancer, asthma and Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately, there is not much awareness in India with regard to transdermal application of drugs. J T Edson Books there. ” Dr Dureja adds that pain is considered a major health problem all over the world. “About 80 per cent of the patients visiting any hospital or doctor have pain as their major complaint. It can be severe and can damage the nervous system.” Furthermore, chronic pain affects approximately 30 per cent of the adult Indian population, especially women and the elderly. Doctors stress that this is where transdermal patches — adhesive skin patches that are used to deliver drugs through the skin and into the bloodstream — can make a world of difference. “These patches can be considered a saviour for cancer patients who suffer from chronic pain and often find it difficult to take pain killers orally or through injections,” says Dr Krishna Poddar, a senior consultant with the pain clinic at Fortis Hospitals, Calcutta. Hp Operating System.