Popular Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Remmy Njoku, has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to urgently address the alarming sale of fake medications in Nigerian pharmacies.
Taking to Instagram, Njoku shared a troubling personal experience involving a widely-used anti-diarrheal drug, Imodium, which she purchased from a well-known pharmacy chain in Nigeria.
According to her, the medication turned out to be ineffective, raising serious concerns about its authenticity.
She wrote; “I want to share a recent experience: I had food poisoning on a set and sent a staff member to buy Imodium from a well-known pharmacy chain in Nigeria.”
“A medication I’ve used many times before. I took it for about three days but my symptoms persisted.”
“Then my husband bought a tiny tablet of the same Imodium from abroad and after taking it, my stomach issues subsided within just five minutes.”
“This isn’t the first time I have noticed a difference. So I have to ask: What exactly are we being sold in Nigeria? What’s going on with our drugs?”
“This is a public health risk and NAFDAC must take it seriously. This is very dangerous.”
