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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has again cautioned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of herbal concoctions, saying the they lack storage standards.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday.
NAN quoted the NAFDAC boss as saying 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, they start growing bacteria.
“Even if the herbal concoction has some medicinal properties, the bacteria will kill the person that is taking it first,” she said.
Adeyeye, nevertheless, 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, and at what level are we supposed to be taking them so that it will not get to the toxicity level,” she added.