Guides
Each guide answers one real question people in Pakistan ask about their medicines. Prefer to check right away? Use the scanner, the recall search or the fake medicine checklist.
Using Mehfooz Dawa
Mehfooz Dawa app: do you need one?How the check works on your phone, and how to avoid fake APKs.How to scan the code on a medicine packWhich code to scan and how to get a clean read.“Not verified”: what it meansSix innocent reasons, and when it is a real warning.GTIN, serial, batch and expiry explainedThe four numbers on your box and what each proves.
Checking a medicine
Original or duplicate? Five checksPack checks that work with or without a code.Check medicine by batch numberFind out if a batch has been recalled.Read a medicine’s expiry dateEXP, MFG, month-only dates and the date inside the code.DRAP registration number checkWhere to find Reg. No. and what it does and does not prove.Buying medicine online safelySeven checks before and after you order.
Fake medicines and the law
Fake medicines in PakistanWhat DRAP’s own alerts reveal, and how to protect yourself.Spurious vs substandard vs falsifiedThe words in DRAP alerts, in plain English.Report fake medicineWhat to keep, where to complain and what happens next.What is DRAP?Pakistan’s medicine regulator and what it does.The Drugs Act, 1976Pakistan’s medicine law, explained simply.