The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it will continue hydroxychloroquine clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19 in Nigeria despite the suspension of the same by the World Health Organisation.

NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known on Tuesday during a programme on Television Continental.

Adeyeye said there are proven records that hydroxychloroquine had been effective in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, especially those at the “mild stage” of the virus.

“There is data to prove that hydroxychloroquine worked for many COVID-19 patients. Therefore, we would continue our own clinical trials in Nigeria. Hydroxychloroquine has been proved to work at a mild stage. So the potency depends on the severity of the disease in the patient’s body,” she said.

The NAFDAC DG, who said Lagos State had already begun hydroxychloroquine clinical trials, noted that depending on the speed of work, the clinical trials should conclude in three to four months

“If medical doctors, research scientists, pharmacists, herbal experts work together, we should conclude the clinical trial in three to four months. The narrative might change afterwards but for now, we believe in hydroxychloroquine.”

The PUNCH reports that the United Nations specialised agency on global health said on Monday that it had “temporarily” suspended the clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19.

It said the decision followed a study that using the drug on COVID-19 patients could increase their chance of dying.
“The Executive Group has implemented a temporary pause of the hydroxychloroquine arm within the Solidarity Trial while the safety data is reviewed by the Data Safety Monitoring Board,” said WHO Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus.

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after seeing the isolating center in kano, NO more scam

That is cheering news for now. We should further relax the lockdown and allow our economy to be restored.
Everyone should be conscious of their health. if you have any symptoms of fever or malaria, take malaria drug or herbal medicine .

I love thier courage.

WHO shouldn't be dictating what each country should do and should not.

Beauty in diversity,

I am against every form of globalism.

Good development.

For sure, covid-19 is not a death sentence.

why does it take very long time to commence all these trials, even when the drug is available

Bleep who and Bleep china ..... nigeria can think on her own

Do all the trials you can do. The important thing is this virus must be totally defeated.

UltimateSpice:
Do all the trials you can do. The important thing is this virus must be totally defeated.

That's right.

isoright

I think Nigeria is right by continuing the study.

This is because experts have raised a lot of questions from the study upon which WHO based its decision to suspend the inclusion of hydroxychloroquine from the solidarity trial.

They have questioned the hastiness in which the study was published. Article was accepted and peer-reviewed and published within 4 weeks.. Which is too short a time to do all those.

They also questioned the methodology, as they did not disclose the hospitals and countries that participated in the study and the fact that the results they claimed came from Australia contradicted what was declared.

So I think we should continue with our own study.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/health/virus-hydroxychloroquine-lancet.amp.html