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I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Freestyl(m): 12:45pm On Nov 05, 2021
As shared by Angula Bishop Reuben on Facebook
Please read and learn

“I WAS 99.9% DEAD, BUT GOD GAVE ME A NEW CHANCE, FOR WHICH I AM THANKFUL!!!

My Ordeal with Malaria, Typhoid, and Fake Drugs

When I discovered that my Facebook friend Stella Jam had died of malaria, I was like, what the Bleep? Is malaria still a killer in the twenty-first century? Now I have the answers!

I traveled to Makurdi recently with my brother Joe Zex and #Kumashe (our soon-to-be bride). The journey was fun as we stopped from time to time to catch cruise on the way.

We arrived in Makurdi that evening, rested, and then resumed our journey to Gboko the next day, going from Gboko to Vandeikya, Vandeikya to Adikpo, Ushongo, and back to Makurdi.

The next day, I woke up with feverish sensations throughout my body. I proceeded to a nearby pharmacy, and was given malaria medicines by the pharmacist.

After a few days in Makurdi, Zex and I were meant to return to Abuja, but I didn't since I needed to take care of my health issue first. After three days on the medications, I was fine and ready to travel back to Abuja.

The symptoms reappeared as soon as I returned to Abuja that faithful evening. I quickly sent someone to a friend who operates a drugstore down the road to fetch typhoid medications, as I do each time I treat malaria. I'm not sure why, but I've been doing it for quite some time.

My friend phoned me and demanded that I treat malaria as well as typhoid. I told him that I had already treated Malaria with Amatem (Forte) Softgel in Makurdi. He stated it was a really nice medicine and inquired as to how I used it. I informed him that I took it that evening and continued the next morning. He claimed I took it wrongly, that I should have taken one that evening, then one the next day after 8 hours, and the others after 12 hours each. A claim that I later discovered to be correct.

I had to restart my treatment with medications supplied to me by my friend because the pharmacy in Makurdi failed to inform me of the timing.

My condition worsened after a few days of taking the meds, as I equally lost my appetite and became quite weak, with headaches and pains all over my body, particularly around my waist. Bananas became the only food I had an appetite for.

On Tuesday the following week, I went to the University of Abuja Specialist Hospital for a comprehensive medical checkup with the medications I was taking without results.

The medical office staff informed me that I would not be able to see a doctor that same day since there won't be any opening until Thursday. They collected my hospital card and scheduled my appointment for Thursday.

I reminded myself that I needed to see a doctor by any means necessary. I was going to knock on one of the consulting rooms' doors, when I noticed one doctor having a conversation with someone outside. I went straight to him and told him that if I don't see a doctor today, I had a feeling I might sleep and not wake up the next day. God forbid, he said.

The doctor took my card to the record office and asked them to book me immediately because he was ready to see me. He similarly told the nurses on duty to get me ready right away. God, please continue to bless this doctor for me. Amen.

Long story short, they performed RDTs and detected malaria parasites. I handed over the drugs I bought from my friend and was taking to the doctor. He locked eyes with me in a scary manner and invited another doctor from the next door to come in.

Lo and behold. They said those drugs were all fake, including the Panadol. I almost fainted. The doctors said that’s the major problem they’re experiencing at the hospital, sadly.

The doctors told me that most of the malaria and typhoid drugs out there are either fake or do not have the capacity to heal.

They issued me a fresh prescription and recommended I purchase the first item on the list from the hospital pharmacy and the other items from designated pharmacies outside the hospital.

The doctors both insisted that I shouldn’t buy alternative drugs but I should demand for the exact drugs written on the prescription list.

I quickly did research on the effects of fake and substandard drugs and discovered that the fallout of fake and substandard drugs includes poisoning, untreated disease, instant or early death, and treatment failure.

By the time I came out of this mess after more than three weeks, you wouldn't like to see me. I became extremely thin and unattractive. In fact, the weight I had been working so hard to shed at the gym came in through the back door.

If not by the grace of God, by this time people would have been circulating my obituary pictures all over the internet, even the ones who don’t even talk to me now grin grin angry

I've decided to share my experience so that you, your family, and friends may learn from it and be more cautious about purchasing medications from untrustworthy sources and refraining from self-medicating.”

Source: https://www.facebook.com/100000281130481/posts/5012683475417641/?d=n

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Freestyl(m): 12:53pm On Nov 05, 2021
lalasticlala, mynd44 Your attention is highly needed here. Help, Nigerians are dying due to fake drugs!

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by OnlineArchitect: 3:57pm On Nov 05, 2021
Falsified and substandard drugs may contain toxic doses of dangerous ingredients and cause mass poisoning. Poor-quality medicines compromise the treatment of chronic and infectious diseases, causing disease progression, drug resistance, and death.

ThankGod for you bro


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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by 27yo(m): 3:57pm On Nov 05, 2021
Humans are terrible aswear

You have the resources
The money
You put in effort
Machinery
You hire people

All to produce fake drugs that'll lead to people's death?

It's terrible.

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by tgmservice: 3:57pm On Nov 05, 2021
Let's all thank God for saving his life.

Wish you the best bro

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Oduduwa707: 3:57pm On Nov 05, 2021
Our Okoro blodas sha... Everything abt dem na fake. Chai... angry

You wonder dem kill Dora Akinyuli's husband. undecided

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by geelite(m): 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
na buhari cause am angry

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by bigdammyj: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
Noted
Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by salbis(m): 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
And to think we have regulatory agencies in Nigeria is rather annoying. Thank God you acted fast, as your time never reach bro.

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Finnese001: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Dwaynestefan: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by thatsleepboy1: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Savageman: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021

Issorite
Damn wicked world
Looking my weed right now to see if its fake grin Forgot it, they aren't no fake weed

I movvveee

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Dailymice: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
angry
Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by ecomalchemist(m): 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
Na wa...everything for naija na profit...profit...profit...profit...


If fake drugs no kill you, na building go collapse for your head.

If building no collapse for your head, na fake Jameson go burn your liver.

If fake Jameson no spoil your liver, na fake spare parts go spoil your motor...


Omo, Naija na battlefield.

Dem suppose list am as part of 1000 ways to die.

Ajé

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Sirpaul(m): 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
As we are winding up work for the week let us remind ourselves who we are in Christ - A royal priesthood -

Do not forget He's got your back!!!

It can only get better.
Keep trusting
Keep the hopes high

It will end in praise

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by younglleo: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
slawormii shout hallelujah nobi everyday u dey damn nigger werey

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Dailymice: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
cheesy
Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by femijay8271(m): 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
sad
make God Almighty save us.

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Boogyman557: 3:58pm On Nov 05, 2021
HOLLY GRAM cool JAH IS GREAT. NA DIS KIND TESTIMONY DE MAKE ME HIGH UP TO 12KUSH PER DAY. WTF MAN

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by EvangelistChuks(m): 3:59pm On Nov 05, 2021
Glory be to God

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by soft101: 3:59pm On Nov 05, 2021
Fake drugs are major causes of deaths in Nigeria.

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by marvel2011(m): 3:59pm On Nov 05, 2021
Freestyl:
As shared by Angula Bishop Reuben on Facebook
Please read and learn

“I WAS 99.9% DEAD, BUT GOD GAVE ME A NEW CHANCE, FOR WHICH I AM THANKFUL!!!

My Ordeal with Malaria, Typhoid, and Fake Drugs

When I discovered that my Facebook friend Stella Jam had died of malaria, I was like, what the Bleep? Is malaria still a killer in the twenty-first century? Now I have the answers!

I traveled to Makurdi recently with my brother Joe Zex and #Kumashe (our soon-to-be bride). The journey was fun as we stopped from time to time to catch cruise on the way.

We arrived in Makurdi that evening, rested, and then resumed our journey to Gboko the next day, going from Gboko to Vandeikya, Vandeikya to Adikpo, Ushongo, and back to Makurdi.

The next day, I woke up with feverish sensations throughout my body. I proceeded to a nearby pharmacy, and was given malaria medicines by the pharmacist.

After a few days in Makurdi, Zex and I were meant to return to Abuja, but I didn't since I needed to take care of my health issue first. After three days on the medications, I was fine and ready to travel back to Abuja.

The symptoms reappeared as soon as I returned to Abuja that faithful evening. I quickly sent someone to a friend who operates a drugstore down the road to fetch typhoid medications, as I do each time I treat malaria. I'm not sure why, but I've been doing it for quite some time.

My friend phoned me and demanded that I treat malaria as well as typhoid. I told him that I had already treated Malaria with Amatem (Forte) Softgel in Makurdi. He stated it was a really nice medicine and inquired as to how I used it. I informed him that I took it that evening and continued the next morning. He claimed I took it wrongly, that I should have taken one that evening, then one the next day after 8 hours, and the others after 12 hours each. A claim that I later discovered to be correct.

I had to restart my treatment with medications supplied to me by my friend because the pharmacy in Makurdi failed to inform me of the timing.

My condition worsened after a few days of taking the meds, as I equally lost my appetite and became quite weak, with headaches and pains all over my body, particularly around my waist. Bananas became the only food I had an appetite for.

On Tuesday the following week, I went to the University of Abuja Specialist Hospital for a comprehensive medical checkup with the medications I was taking without results.

The medical office staff informed me that I would not be able to see a doctor that same day since there won't be any opening until Thursday. They collected my hospital card and scheduled my appointment for Thursday.

I reminded myself that I needed to see a doctor by any means necessary. I was going to knock on one of the consulting rooms' doors, when I noticed one doctor having a conversation with someone outside. I went straight to him and told him that if I don't see a doctor today, I had a feeling I might sleep and not wake up the next day. God forbid, he said.

The doctor took my card to the record office and asked them to book me immediately because he was ready to see me. He similarly told the nurses on duty to get me ready right away. God, please continue to bless this doctor for me. Amen.

Long story short, they performed RDTs and detected malaria parasites. I handed over the drugs I bought from my friend and was taking to the doctor. He locked eyes with me in a scary manner and invited another doctor from the next door to come in.

Lo and behold. They said those drugs were all fake, including the Panadol. I almost fainted. The doctors said that’s the major problem they’re experiencing at the hospital, sadly.

The doctors told me that most of the malaria and typhoid drugs out there are either fake or do not have the capacity to heal.

They issued me a fresh prescription and recommended I purchase the first item on the list from the hospital pharmacy and the other items from designated pharmacies outside the hospital.

The doctors both insisted that I shouldn’t buy alternative drugs but I should demand for the exact drugs written on the prescription list.

I quickly did research on the effects of fake and substandard drugs and discovered that the fallout of fake and substandard drugs includes poisoning, untreated disease, instant or early death, and treatment failure.

By the time I came out of this mess after more than three weeks, you wouldn't like to see me. I became extremely thin and unattractive. In fact, the weight I had been working so hard to shed at the gym came in through the back door.

If not by the grace of God, by this time people would have been circulating my obituary pictures all over the internet, even the ones who don’t even talk to me now grin grin angry

I've decided to share my experience so that you, your family, and friends may learn from it and be more cautious about purchasing medications from untrustworthy sources and refraining from self-medicating.”

Source: https://www.facebook.com/100000281130481/posts/5012683475417641/?d=n
Welcome back to the land of the living

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Judithjovial(f): 4:00pm On Nov 05, 2021
Love is the greatest, if your religion ain't teaching about love then it's obvious it's drifting grin grin

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Dankovich1: 4:00pm On Nov 05, 2021
I don't know how I'm surviving of recent. Whatever you're doing God keep doing it, your Son is grateful

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by cagoki: 4:00pm On Nov 05, 2021
soft101:
Fake drugs are major causes of deaths in Nigeria.
Fulani terrorist and bandits is the major cause

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by Drone95(m): 4:00pm On Nov 05, 2021
Oh that God for saving ur life, but how do this fake drugs get to the market without FDA/ NAFDAC approval?

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Re: I Was 99.9% Dead Due To Fake Drugs, But God Gave Me Another Chance by DoctorDree(m): 4:01pm On Nov 05, 2021
Thank God for your life
I hope you have learnt your lessons and won’t go back to your old ways

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