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Stop taking drugs prescribed for other people, expert tells Nigerians

A public health expert, Dr. Ibrahim Bello, has urged Nigerians with ailments not to take drugs prescribed for others with similar conditions to avoid causing more harm to their health.

Bello, the Head of Department, Family Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, stated this while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.

According to him, taking drugs without consulting a medical doctor would lead to abuse and even worsen the health condition of a patient.

Bello said there was also the need to sensitise patients against purchasing drugs from medicine stores without a prescription from a doctor.

“The masses should avoid intake of combined drugs without the prescription of qualified professionals.

“Some market women are addicted to walking into a chemist shop to buy 10 to 12 different drugs to swallow after the end of a work day.

“In the process, they can take an expired drug and instead of curing the disease, it will damage the body,’’ he said.

The medical expert asserted that drugs were not food that people should take anyhow but only when necessary and on the prescription of a professional.

Bello further said that some patients after taking prescribed drugs and did not feel relief should consult the doctor rather than take an excess of the drug.

“This can cause bodily harm or death of the person. Taking a drug of an illness for another sickness without the consent of a doctor can end in crisis,’’ he said.

Bello urged Nigerians to avoid combings drugs or abuse to live in good health. 

(NAN)

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