No, Brufen is not banned in India. In fact, it is among the most readily and widely available medicines in literally every corner of the country. Though, let’s go over a few points why you might think it is banned or something like that.
Brufen is just a brand name that refers to the drug ibuprofen, which is the most common type of pain-relieving medication worldwide, so not just in India alone. It is a first-line drug for pain relief, fever, and inflammation. The list of its indications could continue; however, it would suffice to mention that in case these symptoms were headaches, muscle/tongue pains, menstrual cramps, or fever caused by an infection, then Brufen would be the ideal one to relieve them, no two ways about that.
“Bans” or “restrictions” are very often the terms that people puzzle over in the context of reports on the subject, and in the end, they still remain confused. Yet, a ban is definitely not to be recognized as a total stop of the drug. In many cases, these limitations are just confined to some medications or a specific drug batch, while the other pharmaceuticals continue to be available. Plain and simple!
See, yes, most pharmacies throughout the country still sell it without any difficulties. Nevertheless, there is a small number of situations in which the authorities have limited some ibuprofen-based (the main component of Brufen) combination or formulation. So, Brufen itself is not banned.
It is quite common that the local health departments suspend the sales of Brufen or other ibuprofen-based drugs for a while as a measure of their response to a particular health situation. Such an example can be a dengue outbreak, whereby the sale is stopped only to minimize the possibility of side effects. Nonetheless, if we exclude these brief, regionally imposed bans, there is no doubt that Brufen is a drug acceptable by the law and can be found in India without any difficulty whatsoever.