The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted the public about an unregistered Gold Vision Oxytocin injection 10IU bearing a fake registration number.\n<\/p>\n
The alert, numbered 028\/2025, was published on the agency\u2019s official website on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
NAFDAC said the product was falsely claimed to be manufactured by a company in China.\n<\/p>\n
It added that the product was marketed by a firm in Enugu State.<\/p>\n
The agency said the product was uncovered during a risk-based sampling survey carried out by officers of its Post-Marketing Surveillance directorate.\n<\/p>\n
Further investigations revealed that three falsified products \u2013 A-tocin injection, Extocin injection, and Claxitodin injection \u2013 were also identified during the 2023 risk-based PMS sampling.\n<\/p>\n
According to NAFDAC, all the falsified products were allegedly manufactured by the same company and carried the same forged NAFDAC registration number, A4-9566.<\/p>\n
The agency stressed that these products were confirmed to be falsified because they were absent from the official NAFDAC-registered products database.\n<\/p>\n
Oxytocin is a natural hormone and neuropeptide, also available as a pharmaceutical drug, mainly used to induce or strengthen labour, control postpartum bleeding, and support lactation.\n<\/p>\n
It binds to oxytocin receptors in the uterine muscle, activating a G-protein-coupled receptor pathway. <\/p>\n
This raises calcium levels within cells, triggering uterine contractions.\n<\/p>\n
NAFDAC warned that using unregistered or falsified oxytocin injections poses serious health risks for both mothers and newborns.\n<\/p>\n
The agency said such products may contain incorrect doses, no active ingredient, or harmful contaminants, leading to weak contractions, postpartum haemorrhage, or even maternal death.\n<\/p>\n
It added that poor-quality oxytocin could delay or fail to stop bleeding after childbirth, often requiring emergency interventions such as blood transfusions or surgery.<\/p>\n
NAFDAC said its zonal directors and state coordinators have been directed to monitor and withdraw any falsified products detected within their jurisdictions across Nigeria.\n<\/p>\n
The agency urged importers, distributors, retailers, healthcare professionals, and consumers to remain vigilant within the supply chain and avoid importing, distributing, selling, or using these falsified products.\n<\/p>\n
It advised that all medicinal products and medical devices should only be obtained from licensed suppliers, with authenticity and physical condition carefully verified.\n<\/p>\n
Healthcare professionals and consumers were encouraged to report suspicions of substandard or falsified medicines and devices to the nearest NAFDAC office.\n<\/p>\n
It said reports of adverse or side effects linked to medicines or devices should also be submitted to NAFDAC\u00a0offices.\n<\/p>\n
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