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There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Godson222: 10:04am On Jul 26, 2017 |
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that there are no killer anti-malaria drugs in Nigeria. The Acting Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr. Yetunde Oni, who stated this yesterday at a news conference in Lagos, said the reports in the social media on the âkidney-killerâ malaria drugs were false as there are no such drugs in the country. Against the backdrop of the dangers posed by the drugs, the Senate had flayed the NAFDAC and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for not adequately waging the war against the influx of fake and sub-standard items into the country. The NAFDAC boss said the allegedly banned drugs are oral monotherapies containing single Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) such as Artesunate as contained in Arinate tablet, Amodiaquine contained in Comoquine, Dihydroartemisinin contained in Alaxin tablets and Pyrimethamine contained in Daraprim tablets which are not recommended for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. She said the agency is committed to the well-being of Nigerians and so wishes to douse the tension and correct the misinformation on the social media and mainstream media about the banned drugs. Oni said: âWe want to douse the tension and correct the misinformation on the social and mainstream media about the 42 anti-malaria medicines purportedly banned by the European Union (EU) but allegedly circulating in the country. The Acting DG, therefore, urged Nigerians to use the recommended anti-malarial medicine Artemisin Combination Therapies (ACTs) for the treatment of malaria, which is in line with the guidelines according to the WHO and the Nigeria National Anti-malarial Treatment Policy. She, however, noted that with the progress made in the anti-counterfeiting technology device (Scratch and Text) put in place by the agency to monitor fake drugs, the agency would in some weeks deploy software on phones to checkmate the status of any NAFDAC regulated products. Responding on the use of chloroquine as an anti-malarial drug, Director, Registration and Regulation Affairs, NAFDAC, Mrs. Titi Owolabi, said though the drug is in the market, it does not serve as anti-malaria as it has its own functions. She urged Nigerians to stop using the drug in the treatment of malaria as it serves another purpose. Source NAN http://www.eyereport.com.ng/there-are-no-killer-malaria-drug-nafdac/ |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by NwaAmaikpe: 12:04pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Dora Akunyili is gone. No drug in the Nigerian market can be trusted anymore. Yetunde Oni and Paul Orhii have taken us back to the ages of fake killer drugs. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by three: 12:04pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Then why the sudden rise in malaria deaths? 2 Likes |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Nobody: 12:05pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
ok |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by magoo10(m): 12:05pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
If Dora akinluyi of blessed memory were alive today and saying this ,I would have believed.but this is coming from a political infested agency. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Esquire0(m): 12:07pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Naija yes we can |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by fatdick(m): 12:08pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Who do we believe? 1 Like |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by holakun11: 12:08pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
I hope so too, kos mosquitoes full everywhere now, and pple dey sik 1 Like |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Juve4(m): 12:09pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Chai Nigeria here we come. 20th Century we dont have malaria drugs
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Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Nobody: 12:09pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
APC's CHANGE is a drug that kills faster than malaria 5 Likes |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by datola: 12:09pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
The Acting Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr. Yetunde Oni, who stated this yesterday at a news conference in Lagos, said the reports in the social media on the âkidney-killerâ malaria drugs were false as there are no such drugs in the country. Blame the Senators who are crying babies crying wolves where there is none. 2 Likes |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Funjosh(m): 12:11pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by OBAGADAFFI: 12:15pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
The Same NAFDAC that was charged by the courts after for FANTA saga. 1 Like |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by ivolt: 12:19pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
The illiterate senators were swindled by fake news. |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Josephamstrong1(m): 12:19pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Ihe na ata ańara dị na ime ańara.The pest that consumes the garden egg is within. As for late Dora...Atufuo nkirinka nkata, ụbọchi ájá achọba ya. If one gets rid of an old basket, on the day of sacrificing to the gods it will be remembered. 2 Likes |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Wiseandtrue(f): 12:21pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
How can NAFDAC make such a careless statement These days you buy drugs and they don't work Who is regulating Who? 2 Likes |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by TinaAnita(f): 12:22pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
How pathetic.. |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by mrendaud(m): 1:43pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
The drugs won't kill you, they just won't cure the malaria.. and then the malaria will kill you.. 2 Likes |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by DonaTee(f): 2:13pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
The useless senate should have moved to ban buying prescription medicines over the counter without doctors prescription. The so called combination therapies don't work effectively anymore 1 Like |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by obanla01(m): 2:16pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Wiseandtrue:I gbadun ur comments 1 Like |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by stmezico(m): 2:43pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Use LONART DS for ur malaria cure...tested and trusted. |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Ayo4251(m): 3:26pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
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Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by greatcrown: 3:48pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Believe NAFDAC at your own peril! |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by hollowpot15684(m): 3:55pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
I don't understand. who should we trust. Media or Nafdac? None |
Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by Imoala: 4:38pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
And what of this that nearly killed me
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Re: There Are No Killer Anti-malaria Drugs In Nigeria - NAFDAC by zeemdam: 6:14pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
Godson222: Hmmm NAFDAC Cannot be trusted. That's how Fanta and Sprite were discovered to be 'vitamin C tablet' away from being poison. Yet NAFDAC has not revoked their license. Until people start dying from drinking fanta and sprite abi |
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