35 CONTAINERS OF TRAMADOL SEIZED AT PORTS, SAYS NAFDAC

The Agency boss, however, decried the delay by the custom in handing over the rest of the containers to her agency, emphasising that tramadol was a restricted drug but had been abused by Nigerian youths who use it without prescription.

Adeyeye, pointed out that the drug destroys children’s brain thereby threatening the future generation of the nation, just as he lauded the federal government for placing an embargo on codeine, which she said, like tramadol, should only be given only by prescription as done in advanced country.

Penpushing further reports that, the Professor of Pharmacology said the agency was more determined and committed than ever to stem the menace of illicit and fake drugs in the country.