Professor Alex Dodoo, head of the Food and Drugs Authority, has called on scientists to scientifically test the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide for the treatment and or cure of Coronavirus.
GhanaWeb monitored his comments on Joy FM’s news program, Newsfile; on which panellists discussed the general combat of coronavirus in Ghana.
“…let us carry out a detailed blinded study, using what we all know about how to test things and then come up with a view on it, which is based on fact. Without that, we will harm our society even though the intention from all parties is to save,” he submitted.
He buttressed the general consensus of co-panelists that current usage of the product needed to be regulated given that it could easily and inadvertently be abused. “Currently as we have it, hydrogen peroxide, has not been evaluated. It holds a potential but it must be tested,” he added.
He underlined the role that the FDA, which he leads, stood to play in the process of scientifically testing the product. “… we are charging Ghanaian scientists, carry out properly evaluated studies under the watch of the Food and Drugs Authority because they will give the license as to whether it is good or bad,” he concluded.