The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that Amoxicillin has not been banned anywhere in Nigeria, despite messages on social media claiming otherwise.
The agency made this clear in a notice it shared on its official social media account on Monday.
NAFDAC explained that it sometimes issues warnings, recalls, or public alerts for certain batches of drugs that fail quality tests or have possible safety problems.
But it said these actions apply only to specific products or lots, not the entire drug type.
The agency said it does not quietly ban medicines and always shares information about any action it takes through official channels that people can check.
According to the regulator, its safety messages include information on the exact product names, batch numbers, the companies that made them, and what people should do.
If a company is found to break rules or make unsafe products, it may be placed on a blacklist.
But this step targets the company or specific products, not all drugs of the same kind.
NAFDAC listed some examples of recent alerts that mentioned Amoxicillin products.
In August last year, the agency pulled a brand of Amoxivue 500mg capsules from the market because tests showed the drug did not have enough of the active ingredient.
A few months later in October, it issued alerts about substandard batches of several Amoxicillin suspension brands.
The regulator said these cases were about particular products, not a ban on the antibiotic itself.
It asked the public, health workers, and others to pay attention only to confirmed information released by NAFDAC through its proper communication channels.
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