Miss Barbara Yankey, Western Regional Drug Information Pharmacist, has advised the sick not to purchase medicine without the requisite information. She noted that while self-medication compounded sicknesses, many people allowed others including their relations to take such un-prescribed drugs. Ms. Yankey speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sekondi on Monday, said since it was difficult for people to detect fake drugs they had to seek professional advice. The Drug and Information Centre at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital, was opened in 2004 to provide information on available drugs, re-actions to drug use, products and their identification among other things. She expressed worry about the attitude of some Ghanaians who purchased drugs for themselves and their relations without the requisite information and advise. Ms. Yankey spoke against drug advertisement that did not give the chemical component and other valuable information about their use and possible side effects. She said the centre had been organising outreach programmes for the public to have adequate information on drugs including their uses and efficacy.