Sexual Enhancement Drugs And FDA Compliance
Once again the risks of sexual enhancement products bought over the internet has been voiced by the US Food and Drug Administration after an investigation. In 2004 the FDA released a list of some of the products sold on the internet which had the ability to cause serious health problems because of their ingredients. FDA Compliance was lacking as the manufacturers of these drugs were breaking federal law by refusing to fully disclose all of the ingredients in the sexually stimulating drugs.
A few of the many drugs that were found to be breaking the law include Lycium Barbarum L., Adam Free, Rhino V Max, V.Max, True Man, Energy Max, HS Joy of Love, NaturalUp, Blue Steel and Erextra.
These and the rest of the list are available to view on the FDA’s website. They are promoted as a pill to enhance sexual performance or treat erectile dysfunction. However, the ingredients in the drugs can have severe health effects on men who are already using other prescription drugs or indeed some herbal remedies.
Stiff Nights is the product to come under fire from the FDA in recent weeks. It is sold as a dietary supplement although there are ingredients in the pills that consumers are not told about. This is in breach of FDA Compliance under their regulations governing drug marketing. Withholding ingredient information can put consumers at serious health risk because the active ingredients in many sexual enhancement drugs can react with prescription medicines.
Those men who suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease are especially at risk. This is because the active ingredient in stiff nights is sulfoaildenafil, the same chemical that is in the legal drug Viagra. When this comes into contact with some nitrate drugs, a person’s blood pressure can dramatically fall to dangerous levels. Erectile dysfunction is often suffered by men who take nitrate drugs to treat the above conditions, so it is a vicious circle.
Men take these illegal drugs not knowing they are banned or contain dangerous ingredients because they are advertised on the internet as ‘all-natural’. The FDA was tipped off about Stiff Nights through a customer complaint. After investigation the FDA deemed it necessary to produce their warning.