Assessment on permissible status of anti-diabetic medication / Ainil Nadiah Abdullah

Among the commonly used medication in the Malaysia and hospital setting is anti­ diabetic medication. Unfortunately, there is no discovery or assessment yet on the anti­ diabetic medication. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the status of anti-diabetic medication whether permissible, impermissible or mushbooh. Besides, is to determine the percentage of permissible, impermissible and mushbooh of anti-diabetic medication and to identify which compound contributed to permissible, impermissible and mushbooh. There are 111 anti-diabetic medication that have been investigated, from 111 anti-diabetic medication, only 0.9% been assessed as permissible, followed by 80.8% been assessed as mushbooh and 3.8% cannot be assessed due to incomplete information on the inactive ingredient provided by the pharmaceutical company in the drug leaflets. Majority of the anti-diabetic medication assessed as mushbooh due to most of the products derived from animals or plant. To sum up, all organization such as Ministry of Health, pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care professionals are advisable to cooperate to achieve an objective in using halal medication.