Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said the drugs used
in the successful treatment of COVID-19 will remain a secret to the general
public.
The Health Minister said Nigerians may resort to
self-medication and drug overdose if the name of the drug or drugs are
released.
Ehanire said this while speaking at the daily briefing of
the Presidential Task Force in Abuja on Friday.
He said: “The drug or drugs being used to treat COVID-19 are
matters of interest only to doctors who are providing treatment.
“Doctors advise each other on which drugs they used and I
believe as time goes on, they will compile a report on what worked and what
didn’t work.
“As I said earlier, the treatment centres in Lagos are using
certain drugs for clinical trial and they will be able to add from their
experience to the body of knowledge and what worked and what didn’t work.
“I won’t advise anyone to look for the name of the drug used
by doctors when you are not even sure you have that sickness.
“Disclosing name of the drug or drugs may lead to overdose,”
Minister Ehanire added.
Four COVID-19 patients were on Friday discharged after
testing negative to the deadly virus.
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Commissioner of Health in the state
confirmed that a mother and her baby were among patients who were discharged
from the hospital.
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