FAKE GRAND-PA HITS STREETS

MBABANE – You might think you are taking the popular Grand-pa painkiller when it is only just powder which will not help you heal.
As such, the Ministry of Health has sent a warning to the public to be on the lookout for the fake medication.

Fake Grand-pa headache powders are now circulating locally and in neighbouring countries. These powders are differentiated by the back of the packet in the way the label is written on the composition of what is contained in the healing powder.
The powder is popular among people suffering from headaches and has been in use for over 50 years.

According to the cover of the fake powder, the composition contained in it is the same as the original as it states that it has 453.6mg of aspirin, 324.0mg of paracetamol and 64.8mg of caffeine but the original has a GlaxoSmithKline (gsk) label.
One consumer, Sinenhlanhla Makhubu, stated that she bought three packets of the pain relieving powder in Manzini and has known it to work in less than 10 minutes after taking it no matter what kind of pain she was in.

“I took it while in town and when I got home which was about 30 minutes later, I realised that the headache was still severe. I took the second packet and the taste was not the same as the one for the original Grand-pa that I am used to. This raised curiosity and I sent the children to the chemist where they could get me another packet. As soon as I took the powder bought from the chemist, my headache subsided. I bought the three packets at the bus rank from one of the men selling all sorts of wares and I will never purchase anything from them again,” she said.

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