Ebola: Nigerians blast US FDA for calling its experimental drug, pesticide

U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suffers  huge social media backlash from Nigerians yesterday, over its description of Nano Silver as a pesticide, a drug which was recently announced by the country’s Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, to be an experimental treatment of patients affected with the deadly Ebola disease.

The FDA’s warning was made  on the heels of comments by Chukwu, who reportedly said on Thursday that eight Ebola patients in Lagos will receive an experimental treatment called nano-silver.

The agency said it had received consumer complaints about the Ebola claims. “Individuals promoting these unapproved and fraudulent products must take immediate action to correct or remove these claims or face potential FDA action,” the agency said. Click here for more on FDA’s warning on Nigeria’s Nano Silver......

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