The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians that using performance-enhancing substances known as ‘manpower’ in order to impress their s3xual partners, can lead to stroke or sudden death.
In a statement on Sunday, the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye revealed that many men have died due to abuse of performance-enhancing drugs and the sudden deaths blamed on imaginary witches. She said that most of these performance-enhancing drugs are not registered with NAFDAC but smuggled into the country.
“The use of performance-enhancing drugs otherwise known as “Manpower’’ in the local parlance, to impress partners can lead to stroke and even sudden death. They are smuggled into the country. If they were registered, the producers and peddlers alike would not be doing what they are doing in the supermarkets, social media platforms, and on the streets.
“In recent times, the use of aphrodisiacs has become the range. Many people are ignorant of the possible damage that misuse of aphrodisiacs or use of unregistered drugs could cause”
Adeyeye debunked claims that such drugs have no side effects, stating that the majority of the products did not go through the approval process of the Agency.
According to her, the abuse of aphrodisiacs has a lot of implications in the entire body system, especially its effect on the blood pressure. She warned that aphrodisiacs often interact with other drugs in the system, explaining that the liver is responsible for breakdown of drugs while the byproduct of all waste goes down through the kidneys
