Stop consuming hawked herbal concoctions, NAFDAC warns Nigerians

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Stop consuming hawked herbal concoctions, NAFDAC warns Nigerians

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of herbal concoctions.

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, who gave the warning while speaking with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, said that the medicines lacked storage standards.

Afeyeye stressed that any drug being hawked on the streets or in buses should be avoided because of the uncertainty of its source.

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She said, “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 first kill the person that is taking it.

“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.

While noting that some of the herbal medicines work, she stressed that consumers must ensure that they had passed NAFDAC’s safety and efficacy tests before consuming them.

The NAFDAC boss also cautioned against the use of performance-enhancing drugs because of the danger that they pose 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.

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