Worried by the increasing cases of drug abuse among the populace, the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has directed the recall of 2 .4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of the substance, carried out by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to […]
*To send seized rice, others to IDP camp Not relenting on its effort to rid the nation of prohibited and smuggled items, the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ has intercepted a truck loaded with 498 cartons of CSP Codeine Cough syrup along the Ijebu-Ode / Ore road and two suspects arrested. […]
…Stakeholders seek rethink of strategy Four weeks after recent ban on codeine-containing cough syrup by the Federal Government, experts have raised the alarm over the uncontrollable youths’ access to the drug and other drugs abuse in the country like Tramadol, Alabukun, among others. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary, showing the abuse of codeine in […]
Emzor Pharmaceuticals has suspended distribution of its cough syrup, following a BBC investigation into its role in an addiction epidemic, even as it has dismissed a company executive who was caught selling 60 bottles of cough syrup to an undercover reporter. The syrup, containing the highly addictive opioid, codeine, is used by young Nigerians, especially […]