Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki
The Edo State Government has warned residents of the state against the sale and usage of Norvasc 5mg tablets produced by United States-based drug developer, Viatris Inc, following the discovery of iron wires in samples taken from the shipment.
In a statement on Wednesday, the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, disclosed the warnings followed by the alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
Prof. Akoria said, “The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued an alert and warning that the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has ordered the recall of six million tablets from two batches of Norvasc 5 mg tablets produced by U.S-based drug developer Viatris Inc, following the discovery of iron wires in samples taken from the shipment and claims from Taiwan Norvasc users that the tablets when cut into halves contain iron wire.
“The above information makes the two batches of Norvasc 5 mg tablets substandard.”
He added, “All persons, pharmaceutical outlets and health facilities who may have any of these batches of Norvasc 5 mg tablets in stock should immediately dispose of them using the appropriate channels.
“Please be vigilant. Do not use this product and contact your doctor to discuss suitable alternatives while the state Ministry of Health can be contacted.”
Editor’s Note
In our post on February 19, 2023, in a story ‘Woman burns self to death over failure to offset N70,000 loan’, we reported that a middle-aged woman, simply known as Mama Dada, set herself ablaze over her inability to pay back a loan of N70,000 she reportedly took from a microfinance bank, LAPO. We have since discovered that the microfinance bank referred to in the story was not LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited. We apologise to the LAPO Group for the error in the identification of the name of the said microfinance bank where the deceased took the loan. The mix-up in the name of the MFB is not deliberate.
