FDA says Postinor 2 medication labeled with a pink flower is not authorized.

The FDA's Upper East Regional Office reports that a particular variety of Postinor 2 that has a label featuring a pink blossom on the pack is not registered.

"Postinor 2 is a drug we are all familiar with, and we know it is something we use for preventing pregnancies, but this particular one with the pink flower has not been registered by the FDA," stated the Authority through Mr. Abel Ndego, Principal Regulatory Officer.

He claimed that because the brand in question had not been through the Authority's system, the FDA was unable to determine its efficacy or safety.

We have also monitored the quality of this specific medication, and we have found that the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient is not at the required level, which should cause the product to be able to prevent pregnancy.

At the regional opening of the Goodlife Health Fair in Bolgatanga, Mr. Ndego explained to attendees, "And so once you use it, you would not get the needed pharmaceutical implication."

The Northern Sector Action on Awareness Centre (NORSAAC), a consortium partner under the USAID Accelerating Social and Behavior Change (ASBC) initiative, and the Regional Health Directorate collaborated to arrange the three-day Fair.

The program's main objectives were to increase public health and wellness by encouraging behavior change and improving access to necessary healthcare services.

"Promoting good health through uptake of positive health behavior" was the theme of the event.

"This way, you are sure that you are buying registered products and the products are stored under the requisite storage conditions," Mr. Ndego warned the public, advising them to purchase pharmaceutical products from recognized licensed pharmacies and over-the-counter sales outlets.

He asserted that storage had a direct impact on medication efficacy, saying, "Storage affects medicine efficacy very seriously." Our medications are meant to be in a chilled chain. They need to be chilled.

Mr. Ndego noticed that some people kept children's syrup pills on kitchen shelves rather than in refrigerators, pointing out that the temperature in the kitchen may have an impact on the medication's effectiveness.

There are many goods on the market that promise to heal various diseases, according to the Principal Regulator, who was accompanied by some FDA officials and who showed unregulated pharmaceutical products at the Fair to raise awareness and educate attendees about the risks associated with them.

"Even the packaging alone will tell you that this has not been approved by the FDA, because we would not allow this kind of obscene pictures on a product," the Principal Regulator stated, holding up one of these unregistered products with images of a male genital organ on it.

However, you would be shocked at the kind of people that buy these drugs with the intention of lengthening and strengthening their organs. These have quite serious health effects on us," he said.