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Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by OKorowanta: 8:54am On Jul 20, 2017
Make una no kill us o!
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by NotComplaining: 8:54am On Jul 20, 2017
When did Nigeria join the EU?

Nigeria needs for us by us (fubu) laws and regulations
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by salveoP(m): 8:56am On Jul 20, 2017
Let's get dis straight. Those drugs are just mono therapy for malaria. WHO recommends Artemisin Combination Therapy(ACT) as d most effective for d treatment of malaria. So if i cannot get access to formulated ACT, i could take Artesunate, with anoda antimalarial like SP(fansidar etc). The idea is dat u should not take antimalarial with a single active ingredient.

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Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by Igweann979(f): 9:04am On Jul 20, 2017
veekid:

Artesunate is everywhere now
I can not find Artesunate in the treadoo please help me because I use it a lot thanks
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by ijayebonyi(f): 9:12am On Jul 20, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked

Did I just see Artesunate there?


I took that shît last week Friday.
Lol
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by drace(m): 9:13am On Jul 20, 2017
The reason behind the banning of these medications is because malaria should be treated with 2 different forms of antimalarial medications in fixed combinations (Artemisin based combination therapy).
The medications above are all singular molecules, and may not eliminate the offending organism even though the person with malaria may feel well. This leads to resistant strains of plasmodium which is a time bomb. Strains of resistant plasmodium are already noted in South East Asia due to monotherapy.
In order to avoid a costly catastrophe, the World Health Organisation banned the production and sales of the singular molecules, and hence the decision of the EU to obey. The only sensible thing we can do in Africa is to stop the importation of these singular molecules unto our continent, and confiscate any of such that finds itself unto our land.

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Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by babadem2much(m): 9:13am On Jul 20, 2017
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Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by Nobody: 9:14am On Jul 20, 2017
I thought Artésunate is the new malaria medicine, why is it now banned?
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by BabaCommander: 9:21am On Jul 20, 2017
veekid:

Artesunate is everywhere now
May not be same with the one on this list. Chech the mg and the combination.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by BabaCommander: 9:29am On Jul 20, 2017
john4reala:
I drank that Camoquin oral suspension 50mg/ 5ml yesterday... am still sweating now
Lolz! Aside the Camoquin, .... But bro, oral suspension 50mg/5ml...who gave you such prescription or does that mean you are less than a year old?
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by Baroba(m): 9:29am On Jul 20, 2017
oluseyiforjesus:
When did Senate turn to Nafdac?

Good question, talk of square pegs in round holes..
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by thunderbabs: 9:35am On Jul 20, 2017
Blogger, can't you just list the banned antimalaria drugs in a tabular form to make it easier for readers to reference when they wanna buy any anti-malaria drug? undecided
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by Nobody: 9:36am On Jul 20, 2017
At last. They (Senate ) tried. Since early this year, I got this information of banned malaria drugs from EU market. I am sure so many Nigerians also received the information as received below.

The list of drugs against malaria removed from the market in the European Union.

The underlisted drugs have been proven to be dangerous and are the origin of kidney failure that kills spontaneously.

Listed are designation, form unit and laboratory manufacturer of these drugs.

1. Alaxin 60mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B / 8 gvs labs

2. Alaxin oral suspension (dihydroartémisinine) FL / 80ml gvs labs

3. Amodiaquine 200mg compressed B / 1000 cipla

4. Amodiaquine 200mg compressed B / 1000 mannesh

5. Arinate 100mg tablet (artésunate) B / 6 dafra Pharma

6. Arinate 50 mg tablet (artésunate) B / 6 dafra Pharma

7. Arsumax 50 mg tablet (artésunate) B / 12 Sanofi - Aventis

8. Artemax 60 mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B / 8 g.a Pharmaceuticals

9. Artémédine 40 mg capsule (artemether) B / 12 kunmung

10. Artémédine 50 mg tablet (artemether) B / 12 kunmung

11. Artenam 50 mg tablet (artemether) B / 14 qualifar

12. Artenam 60 mg tablet (artemether) B / 8 qualifar

13. Artésiane 300 mg child powder oral suspension (artemether) FL / 38g dafra Pharma

14. Artésunate 100mg compressed B / 120 dafra Pharma

15. Artésunate 50 mg tablet B / 120 dafra Pharma

16. Artexin 60 mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B / 8 bdh industries

17. Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B / 9 Pfizer

18. Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B / 25 blisters / 3 Pfizer

19. Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B / 55 blisters / 9 Pfizer

20. Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiquine) B / 24 Pfizer

21. Camoquin 600 mg tablet (amodiaquine) B / 3 Pfizer

22. Camoquin oral suspension 50mg / 5ml (amodiaquine) FL / 60ml Pfizer

23. Cotecxin oral suspension (dihydroartémisinine) FL / 80ml cotec

24. Cotecxin 60 mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B / 8 cotec

25. Daraprim tablet (pyriméthamine) B / 30 GlaxoSmithKline

26. Falcinil 50mg tablet (artésunate) B / 12 cipla

27. Flavoquine oral suspension 50mg / 5ml (amodiaquine) FL / 90ml Sanofi-Aventis

28. Flavoquine 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B / 16 Sanofi-Aventis

29. Flavoquine 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B / 240 Sanofi-Aventis

30. Gunate strong tablet (artésunate) B / 6 gvs labs

31. Tvitter powder oral suspension (artemether) FL / 100ml gvs labs

32. Halfan 250mg tablet (halofantrine) B / 6 GlaxoSmithKline

33. Halfan 250mg tablet (halofantrine) B / 120 GlaxoSmithKline

34. Halfan oral suspension 5mg / 5ml (halofantrine) FL / 45ml GlaxoSmithKline

35. Malartin 200mg tablet (artésunate) B / 6 Tri-health

36. Malartin 50 mg tablet (artésunate) B / 12 Tri-health

37. mmh-malarex 450 mg capsule (peschiara fuchsiaefolia) B / 20 ropack

38. Paludrine 100mg tablet (proguanil) B / 56 Astra Zeneca

39. Plasmotrim 200mg tablet (artésunate) B / 25 blisters / 6 mepha

40. Plasmotrim 200mg tablet (artésunate) B / 6 mepha

41. Plasmotrim 50 mg lactab (artésunate) B / 12 mepha

42. Plasmotrim 50 mg lactab (artésunate) B / 25 blisters / 6 mepha.

You can save your life and that of others by not stocking any drug that contains any of these substances:

Plasmotrin
Artequin
Co-arinate
Arco
Artedar
Artecon
Dialquin.

Thank you to know this information and send also to those around you, it can save lives.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by bularvz: 9:46am On Jul 20, 2017
With all this which malaria drug reminds
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by TinaAnita(f): 9:47am On Jul 20, 2017
So Artesunate made it to the list?

Wawuuuu
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by makahlj2: 9:50am On Jul 20, 2017
What is this madness? These drugs are either Amodiaquine or derivatives of Artemisinine, whose discoverer got Nobel's Prize as recently as in 2015, if I remember correctly. Artemisinine derivatives are considered first-line Malaria treatments by the WHO, are considered safe and several of these are in the WHO's list of essential medicines. It's true the Amodiaquine can cause liver damage, but such cases are rare and the drug is safe enough if used carefully and under supervision. Banning these drug is just stupid. The EU is known for indiscriminate and overzealous banning of various cheap medicines, probably under pressure of its powerful pharmaceutic industry lobbies with deep pockets, wanting to promote their new and expensive products. If banning useful antimalarial drugs might work for Europe, it could be disastrous for Nigeria, where Malaria is still a serious problem.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by prosnadis(m): 9:55am On Jul 20, 2017
They didn't just said artesunate but look at milligram.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by buffalowings: 9:58am On Jul 20, 2017
drace:
The reason behind the banning of these medications is because malaria should be treated with 2 different forms of antimalarial medications in fixed combinations (Artemisin based combination therapy).
The medications above are all singular molecules, and may not eliminate the offending organism even though the person with malaria may feel well. This leads to resistant strains of plasmodium which is a time bomb. Strains of resistant plasmodium are already noted in South East Asia due to monotherapy.
In order to avoid a costly catastrophe, the World Health Organisation banned the production and sales of the singular molecules, and hence the decision of the EU to obey. The only sensible thing we can do in Africa is to stop the importation of these singular molecules unto our continent, and confiscate any of such that finds itself unto our land.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by antighaedem: 9:58am On Jul 20, 2017
THIS LIST SHOULD BE PASTE IN EVERY HOSPITAL AND PHARMACY TO HELP SERVE LIVES.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by maasoap(m): 10:03am On Jul 20, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked

Did I just see Artesunate there?


I took that shît last week Friday.
It can't be ordinary Artesunate, may be ACT.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by FrancisIgya: 10:05am On Jul 20, 2017
Is the list complete?
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by maasoap(m): 10:08am On Jul 20, 2017
prosnadis:
They didn't just said artesunate but look at milligram.
Not about gram because different grams were mentioned. Different grams is for different weights and ages.
Like some said earlier, they are all with a single active component. ACT is the new technique in town, double combo in one drug and that is popularly referred to as ACT.

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Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by eraankusam07(m): 10:13am On Jul 20, 2017
The govt should sets professional committee to go round all the pharmacies both private and govt stores to screen the drugs. For immediate interception of the banned drugs
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by DogWhisperer(m): 10:21am On Jul 20, 2017
And m currently on artemether 20mg and lumefamtrine 120 mg tablets now o
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by Gloriao(f): 10:21am On Jul 20, 2017
Imagine, they are banning the drugs from the market. Did these drugs from the sky to the markets? NAFDAC should do their work properly by knowing where to target the drugs at the importation point.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by onyxo76(m): 10:25am On Jul 20, 2017
salveoP:
Let's get dis straight. Those drugs are just mono therapy for malaria. WHO recommends Artemisin Combination Therapy(ACT) as d most effective for d treatment of malaria. So if i cannot get access to formulated ACT, i could take Artesunate, with anoda antimalarial like SP(fansidar etc). The idea is dat u should not take antimalarial with a single active ingredient.
thank you jare, even camoquine is still considered safe in all trimesters of pregnancy, I wonder where they got that idea from, the above named drugs are monotherapy drugs which need to be combined with another class of anti malarials, even the so called ACT is fast losing its efficacy, i have to place patients on artesunate and camoquine combo when ACT fails.

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Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by twinstaiye(m): 10:36am On Jul 20, 2017
The list again at a glance

Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by Aeebeecee: 10:45am On Jul 20, 2017
these peps dey tire me sha....you expect make i carry list of 42 names go chemist to dey cross check when malaria dey worry me....shioo
better find a way to stop the distribution or production which is ur job than giving us extra wahala unto malaria.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by TalkingBird: 10:50am On Jul 20, 2017
It notes that the 42 Anti-Malaria Drugs are:

Alaxin 60mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine)B/8;
Alaxin oral suspension (dihydroartémisinine) FL/80ml;
Amodiaquine 200mg compressed B/1000;
Amodiaquine 200mg compressed B/1000;
Arinate 100mg tablet (artésunate) B/6;
Arinate 50mg tablet (artésunate) B/6;
Arsumax 50mg tablet (artésunate) B/12;
Artemax 60mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B/8;
Artémédine 40mg capsule (artemether) B/12;
Artémédine 50mg tablet (artemether) B/12; and
Artenam 50mg tablet (artemether) B/14.

“Also on the list are
Artenam 60mg tablet (artemether) B/8;
Artésiane 300mg child powder oral suspension (artemether) FL/38g;
Artésunate 100mg compressed B/120;
Artésunate 50mg tablet B/120;
Artexin 60mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B/8;
Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B/9;
Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B/25 blisters.”

Others include:
Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiaquine) B/55 blisters;
Camoquin 200mg tablet (amodiquine) B/24;
Camoquin 600 mg tablet (amodiaquine) B/3;
Camoquin oral suspension 50mg/ 5ml (amodiaquine) FL/60ml;
Cotecxin oral suspension (dihydroartémisinine) FL/80ml;
Cotecxin 60mg tablet (dihydroartémisinine) B/8;
Daraprim tablet (pyriméthamine) B/30; and
Falcinil 50mg tablet (artésunate) B/12.
Re: Senate Releases List Of 42 Banned Anti-malaria Drugs Still Sold In Nigeria by TalkingBird: 10:51am On Jul 20, 2017
so which Artésunate is good?

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