Don’t give babies, toddlers cough or cold syrup, Edo Health Ministry advises public
-
As NAFDAC confirms y of four medicines linked with death of 66 children
Following a global alert over four cough syrups reportedly linked with the death of 66 children in The Gambia, the Edo State Ministry of Health has cautioned against the use of cough or cold syrups in babies or toddlers.
A Public Health Notice issued by the ministry and signed by the state Commissioner for Health Prof. Obehi Akoria today also urged pharmaceutical outlets who may have the four medicines in stock – Promethazine oral solution; Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup; Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cough Syrup – to dispose of them using the appropriate channels.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in an alert, No. 040/2022, signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, yesterday, also disclosed that laboratory analysis of samples of the four products has confirmed that they contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants.
“Diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol are toxic to humans when consumed and can prove fatal.
“Toxic effects can include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, inability to pass urine, headache, altered mental state and acute kidney injury, which may lead to death.
“The stated manufacturer of these products is Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited (Haryana, India). To date, the stated manufacturer has not provided guarantees to WHO on the safety and quality of these products.
“All the batches of these products listed above should be considered unsafe,” the NAFDAC DG said.
About author
You might also like
Cross River gets $18 million USAID grant on SMGL
The ‘Saving Mothers, Giving Life’ (SMGL) Initiative concluded a productive week-long, global team-building meeting in Calabar with a five-year, $18 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Rainbow Medical Centre holds 5th Annual Diabetic Foot and Podiatric workshop
● holds on August 20 – 24 ● also introduces diabetes and hypertension series for PHC practitoners Rainbow Specialist Medical Centre, a private hospital with focus on the management of
UK, Nigeria sign MOU to strengthen health security
[L-R] Dr. Ene Obong, Director of Climate Change, MoH (representing the Honourable Minister of State for Health, Nigeria); CEO Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu; Chief Executive Officer,
0 Comments
No Comments Yet!
You can be first to comment this post!