JUST IN: NAFDAC Warns against Norvasc 5mg tablets use. 

..says drug contains iron wires .

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ( NAFDAC) has warned against the use of the drug, Norvasc 5 mg

In a statement, the Edo state Commissioner for Health,Prof. Obehi Akoria said that “the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has ordered the recall of six million tablets from two batches of Norvasc 5 mg tablets produced by US based drug developer,Viatris Inc, following the discovery of iron wires in samples taken from shipment.

According to the statement, the discovery” makes the two batches of Norvasc 5 mg tablets substandard”.