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Seriously, lithium carbonate isn't really the sort of thing anyone would try to get high off (even if it were, controlling its manufacture and distribution is pretty much impossible because of how simple the chemical is).Kind of scary you could just obtain Lithium online with no realy oversight.
However, to be fair, it does look like there was a demand for cyproterone, which is a truly terrible drug (Androgen receptor antagonist, formerly used for end-stage prostate cancer until better drugs were made. Its only real indication nowadays is to radically decrease the sex drive of paedophiles, often as a condition of parole.
Ther are some tranny-associated uses of it which I'm not really familiar with because tranny stuff isn't big in my country.)
@AltisticRight , I'd guess that fusidic acid got the restriction because its use as a last resort treatment in treating MRSA would be jeapordised if resistance to it becomes widespread.
I see a bunch of other antibiotics were also listed, so it's possible that China is experiencing problems with drug-resistant bacteria in general.
I'm not very surprised at this move by China - a lot of countries have been lobbying them to stop this grey-market pharmaceutical trade. I am a bit surprised that they acted as quickly as they did.
IMO, this is probably an attempt to improve their image in the pharmaceutical field - I do know that Chinese drug manufacturers want to export bulk generics legitimately (a market which is pretty much monopolized by India at the moment).