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| Singapore: HSA Alert: ‘D’sihat Herba Gout & Sendi’ & ‘Yanwo Chongcao Yanyin Qinfei Huatan Dan’ Found to Contain Potent Medicinal Ingredients; One Consumer Hospitalised, Another Had Serious Adverse Effects (English only) |
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The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is alerting members of the public not to purchase or consume two adulterated products, namely ‘D’SIHAT HERBA GOUT & SENDI’ and ‘Yanwo Chongcao Yanyin Qinfei Huatan Dan’ (‘海馬牌燕窩冬蟲夏草養陰清肺化痰丹’). HSA’s analysis of the products revealed that they contained steroids (dexamethasone and prednisolone) and other potent medicinal ingredients (chlorpheniramine and promethazine) which can cause serious adverse effects in consumers.
A woman in her 50s developed Cushing’s syndrome (a serious steroid-induced condition characterized by a round or ‘moon face’ appearance) and was hospitalized after taking ‘D’SIHAT HERBA GOUT & SENDI’ for seven months for her knee pain. She also experienced weight gain, lower limb swelling and had elevated blood sugar level. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency (a serious steroid withdrawal condition, where the body does not produce adequate amounts of steroid hormones) after stopping the product.
Another woman in her 40s had abnormal blood cortisol levels after consuming ‘Yanwo Chongcao Yanyin Qinfei Huatan Dan’ for two months for her chronic cough. Her astute doctor suspected that the product was adulterated and reported the case to HSA.
Both consumers had obtained these products from Malaysia through their friends. HSA has alerted its Malaysian counterpart to the detection of the adulterated products. HSA has also detected that the products were sold on local e-commerce and social media platforms, including Shopee and Facebook and has worked with the platform administrators to remove the affected listings. Investigations are ongoing.
‘D’SIHAT HERBA GOUT & SENDI’ was marketed for the relief of pain and falsely labelled to be free of steroids, while ‘Yanwo Chongcao Yanyin Qinfei Huatan Dan’ was marketed to relieve cough and touted as “100% Natural Pure Herbal”. Contrary to the claims, HSA tested them to contain steroids and other potent medicinal ingredients. Long-term unsupervised use of steroids such as dexamethasone can cause Cushing’s syndrome, increased blood sugar levels which may lead to diabetes, high blood pressure and other serious adverse effects.
Please refer to the following website in HSA for details:http://www.hsa.gov.sg/announcements/press-release/hsa-alert-d-sihat-herba-gout-sendi-yanwo-chongcao
Local Situation in Hong Kong: In Hong Kong, the above products are not registered pharmaceutical products.
Ends/Saturday, Apr 15, 2023
Issued at HKT 12:00
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