Products found to contain undeclared medicines
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The United States: Public Notification: Wonder-Erect Male Gum contains hidden drug ingredient vardenafil |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Wonder-Erect Male Gum, a product promoted and sold for sexual enhancement on various websites, including www.amazon.com, and possible in some retail stores.
FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Wonder-Erect Male Gum contains vardenafil. Vardenafil is the active ingredient in the FDA-approved prescription drug Levitra, used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). This undeclared ingredient may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs such as nitroglycerin and may lower blood pressure to dangerous levels. Men with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or heart disease often take nitrates.
Please refer to the following website in FDA for details:
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/../ucm482558.htm
In Hong Kong, the above product is not a registered pharmaceutical product.
Ends/ Friday, January 22, 2016
Issued at HKT 14:00
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