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| Canada: Fake Viagra seized from Pacific Fresh Food Market in Pickering, ON |
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Health Canada has seized counterfeit Viagra from Pacific Fresh Food Market in Pickering, Ontario (1300 Kingston Rd). The affected product is counterfeit Viagra, 100 mg sildenafil tablets, with expiry dates of 03-2025. The manufacturer of Viagra has confirmed that the seized product is counterfeit.
Selling counterfeit health products in Canada is illegal. Counterfeit drugs are made to look like authentic products, but they are not the same and may pose serious health risks. They have not been assessed by Health Canada for safety, efficacy and quality and may contain no drug at all, a higher dosage than shown on the label, dangerous contaminants and hidden ingredients.
Sildenafil is used in the management of erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Like the authentic version, the counterfeit Viagra is labelled to contain the prescription drug sildenafil. Sildenafil should be used only under the supervision of a health care professional. It should not be used by people taking any kind of nitrate drug (e.g., nitroglycerin) as it can cause potentially life-threatening low blood pressure. People with heart problems are at increased risk of cardiovascular side effects such as heart attack, stroke, chest pain, high blood pressure and abnormal heartbeat. Other possible side effects include headache, facial flushing, indigestion, dizziness, abnormal vision, and hearing loss.
Consumers should immediately stop using and safely dispose of the product. Consult a health care professional (physician, nurse, pharmacist) if they have taken this product and have health concerns.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/fake-viagra-seized-pacific-fresh-food-market-pickering
In Hong Kong, Viagra Tab 100MG (HK-45577) is a pharmaceutical product registered by Viatris Healthcare Hong Kong Limited. The product is a prescription-only medicine. The blister pack of the fake product mentioned in the above Health Canada’s announcement is different from the registered blister pack of the product in Hong Kong.
Ends/ Saturday, May 17, 2025
Issued at HKT 12:00
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