{"id":28875,"date":"2020-08-26T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28875"},"modified":"2020-08-26T14:20:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:20:53","slug":"nafdac-confirms-use-of-chloroquine-for-covid-19-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28875","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC confirms use of chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed the use of chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency, however, noted that chloroquine could be administered in the early stage of the COVID-19<\/a> infection as prophylactic treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAFDAC Director-General, Professor Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at an online interactive session with journalists on Tuesday, August 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said, \u201cWe realise that chloroquine can be used in the early stage of the COVID-19 infection as prophylactic treatment. Science does not lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn March 20, 2020 during a press briefing, I said I was going through literature and I found (out) that chloroquine and remdesivir killed COVID-19 in vitro \u2013 that is in the laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn early March, there was a publication where 100 patients were treated with chloroquine in 10 hospitals across Chinese cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI made a statement that chloroquine is only for clinical trial treatment. There has to be a level of confidence that depends on the number of subjects and results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking further she said, \u201cWe did not know that the disease has four stages that include pre-exposure, early stage, severe stage, and post-infection. At what stage that\u00a0chloroquine<\/a>\u00a0will be more effective, we did not know at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are now understanding that it is not one drug that can be effective for COVID-19. It depends on the phase of the disease. We started working with Lagos State on clinical trial for chloroquine. We are getting to know that that it is working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy colleague in Ghana has a robust study on chloroquine use on COVID-19 patients that is going to be released soon. Also, several people that had COVID-19 in Senegal recovered after using the drug.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also said that the director-general of Senegal\u2019s drug regulatory body, who is also the director-general of the regional regulatory body, \u201cordered chloroquine from a company in Ota, Ogun State and distributed it to 15 member-countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said, \u201cI know Ghana is using it. If something is effective prophylactically, it means that the disease will not progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also spoke on reports of rising cases of adulterated drugs and medical products in the country saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had problems of fake drugs and Tramadol between 2011 and May 2018 because of porous borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has not been a robust study, but we know they are there. Seventy per cent of our products are from South East Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the way out, she said the agency would need \u201ca detection device for exact information,\u201d because \u201cFalsified medicines bring burden to our laboratories.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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