The National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), says there are no “killer”
Anti-Malarial medicines in Nigeria.
Dr. Yetunde Oni, Acting
Director-General, NAFDAC, made the disclosure at a news conference
in Lagos on Tuesday.
The meeting was prompted by the
list of 42 banned anti-malaria medicines, released by the Senate and said
to be in circulation in hospitals and pharmacies and consumed by
Nigerians.
According to report, the medications have been
banned in Europe but were still in the Nigerian market.
Oni said, “We want to douse the
tension and correct the misinformation on the social and mainstream media about
the 42 Anti-Malarial medicines purportedly banned by the European Union but
allegedly circulating in the country.
“It is pertinent to mention that
the allegedly banned anti-malarial medicines are oral monotherapies containing
single Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) such as Artesunate as
contained in Arinate tablet.
“Others are Amodiaquine as contained in
Camoquine, Dihydroartemisinin contained in Alaxin tablet and
Pyrimethamine contained in Daraprim tablet.”
She advised Nigerians to use
Artemisin Combination Therapies (ACTs) as they were the WHO’s recommended
anti-malarial drugs.
“I wish to state categorically that these
anti-malarial monotherapies are not recommended for treatment of malaria in
Nigeria.
“The recommended anti-malarial
medicines for treatment of malaria in Nigeria are Artemisin Combination
Therapies (ACTs).
“The use of ACTs in the treatment
of malaria is in line with the guidelines for the treatment of
malaria, 3rd Edition, World Health Organisation 2015, Geneva
Switzerland.
“The Nigeria National
Anti-Malarial Treatment Policy, February 2005 supports the use of ACTs.
“Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP) is also
a combination of anti-malarial medicine recommended by both WHO and the Nigeria
National Anti-Malarial Treatment Policy for the Intermittent Preventive
Treatment (IPT) of malaria.”
She advised Nigerians to look out for scratch
and text techniques on anti-malarial drugs before purchase.
“Every anti-malarial drug should
have an authentication scratch and text techniques, it is the first line of
checking the quality of the medicine. “When you scratch and text, information
comes back to you immediately, giving the status of that particular
anti-malarial medicine.”
According to the NAFDAC boss, the agency is
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