Pharmaceutical Society warns public after mchele expos

The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) has warned members of the public against buying drugs from uncertified pharmacies following a Citizen TV exposé on rogue city pharmacies engaging in the drink spiking menace.

PSK, in a statement on Wednesday, said customers should purchase drugs from pharmacies that meet the Green Cross accreditation standards.

“To be a Green Cross Pharmacy you have to meet certain standards. These standards are designed to keep the public safe and to ensure effective and efficient pharmaceutical care,” said the body.

“To the general public, Please medication if not well used, can be very harmful. It is therefore very important that you get your medications from a licensed and registered facility that will dispense registered medications.”

Additionally, members of the public were advised to ensure that the pharmacist serving them has an appropriate name tag to distinguish them from unscrupulous ones.

“We at the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya support the Pharmacy and Poisons Board in their endeavor to close the unlicensed facilities and facilities that don’t serve the public by the letter of the law,” PSK added.

Citizen TV’s Sunday exposé took viewers inside the drink-spiking underworld through the help of a former insider, a lady who had been in the trade for over three years before quitting.