In an official statement it declared that all medications registered for use in the public health sector have been pre-tested and approved by the Ministry's Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division.
The Ministry said Warfarin was randomly tested during 2003 to 2011 and there have been no adverse reports about the drug.
Patrick Manning had been using the drug since his heart surgery in 2004. Last week his sister, Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne, told reporters the drug had stopped working on her brother and that may have contributed to the stroke he suffered on January 23.
Manning is now getting treatment and therapy at the Walter reed Hospital in Washington DC. The government of Trinidad & Tobago is meeting his expenses.
Wafarin is classified as an anti-coagulant used to prevent blood clots in cardiac patients.
Manning-Alleyne, who is a medical doctor, suggested that many patients may be at risk because drugs are being imported from countries where the standards are not high.
The Ministry said only two companies from the United Kingdom and Canada have contracts to deliver the drugs to the health ministry. It added that since 2011 only supplies from Canada have been made available to the public health institutions, the ministry said.
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