Products found to contain undeclared medicines
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| The United States: Public Notification: Fatloss Slimming Beauty contains hidden drug ingredient sildenafil |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Fatloss Slimming Beauty, a product promoted for weight loss. This product was identified by FDA during an examination of international mail shipments.
FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Fatloss Slimming Beauty contains sildenafil, the active ingredient in the FDA-approved prescription drug Viagra, 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/../ucm444989.htm
In Hong Kong, the above product is not a registered pharmaceutical product.
Ends/ Thursday, April 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 14:00
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