The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave
the warning during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Wednesday in Lagos.
The NAFDAC boss said that any drug being hawked on the
streets or in buses should be avoided because of the uncertainty of its source.
“For the liquid herbal concoctions, especially after four or
five days, it starts growing bacteria.
“Even if the herbal concoction has some medicinal
properties, the bacteria will kill the person first that is taking it,” she
said.
Adeyeye, however, said some of the herbal medicines work but
consumers must ensure that they had passed NAFDAC’s safety and efficacy tests.
“Many of our herbal medicines work but we have to do a lot
of research to show how they work, at what level are we supposed to be taking
them so that it will not get to the toxicity level.
The DG particularly cautioned against the use of
performance-enhancing drugs because of the danger it poses for many
unsuspecting men.
“Many men have died using performance-enhancing drugs
because if they use them and they have heart problems or have ‘X’ type of
ailment, it can easily kill,” she said.
Adeyeye said the agency would continue to use multifaceted
approach it adopted, including strengthening of the pharmaceutical industries,
to ensure that the citizenry were protected from fake, substandard or
contaminated foods and drugs.
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