PSN calls attention to circulating fake penicillin drugs
Nigeria has admitted it has fake penicillin in circulation and the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) is blaming it on the circulation of fake Penicillin –V tablets in South West Cameroon.
According to the president of the society, Ahmed Yakasai, it is alerting the general public to the threat posed by Nigeria’s close proximity to Cameroon.
“Nigerians, especially pharmacists and other health care professionals, should place precautions with a view to preventing the importation of the drug into Nigeria,” he said.
PSN is not the only group that is concerned about the development, Yakasai added that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Federal Ministry of Health and office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation issued similar advisory in line with the report of the General Council of Medical Colleges, Spain in the January/February 2018 edition of its Journal of Tropical Medicine.