Circulation of counterfeit drugs has a long and still difficult to control. In recent years, the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) noted that migraine headaches and the most widely counterfeited malaria than any other drug.
"In 5 to 6 years I think the most widely counterfeited Ponstan, malaria drugs such as Fansidar," said Drs Roland Hutapea, MSc, Apt, Director of Monitoring and Therapeutics Products Distribution Health Household Supplies BPOM in talk show on counterfeit drugs in the Office of BPOM .
Ponstan which has an active ingredient mefenamic acid-suppressing drugs for the pain that is widely used to cope with a headache or toothache. This drug is widely used because most people never feel the pain of headaches or other reasons.