Is Your Drug Real? The 5-Minute Fake-Medicine Check

You cannot see a good fake. Counterfeiters now clone medicine packs so precisely

that the fake can look MORE convincing than the real one — same seal, same print,

even the same NAFDAC number copied straight onto the clone.

Written by a Lagos pharmacist who was on the team that ran Nigeria's proof-of-concept

for medicine authentication before it launched, this 5-minute guide walks you up from

the checks everyone trusts — and why each one can be fooled — to the ONE check a clone

cannot beat: the code on the pack. Plus what's coming next: the serialized barcode that

will put a unique fingerprint on every pack.

Inside:

• Why your eyes and even the NAFDAC Greenbook can pass a good fake

• The one check that verifies YOUR individual pack — and how it works

• All five verification codes (Sproxil 38353, and the four others)

• A pocket checklist to screenshot and run at the counter, before you pay

• Where NAFDAC's new traceability rules are taking drug safety in Nigeria

Every fact is tied to a source you can check yourself. Information only — not medical advice.