The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Tuesday alerted Nigerians on some products that have either been suspended by the agency or withdrawn.
It gave the update in a post on its official X handle, detailing reasons for suspending usage of such products.
Consequently, affected products, mostly drugs, are no longer permitted for manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use within Nigeria.
They include: Artemether/Lumefantrine 40mg/240mg Tablets, Amaryl M SR Tablets, Abacavir Sulfate/Lamivudine Dispersible Tablets 60mg/30mg, Aprovasc 150mg/5mg tablets, ASAQ(Artesunate amodiaquine Winthrop) 100mg/270mg Tablets, Betopic Eye drop, Efavirenz 600mg Tablets and Flagyl Suspension.
Others are Iliadin Adult 0.05% Metered Nose Spray, Invanz 1g Injections and Invega (Paliperidone) 3mg extended release tablets.
According to the NAFDAC, the certificate of registration of a product is said to be withdrawn when the use of the certificate of registration of that product is discontinued upon request of the market authorisation holder.
It added that the certificate of registration of a product may be suspended when the conditions upon which the NAFDAC registration license was issued are no longer met, and the agency is to decide.
