Viagra in honey jars: alert on so-called “natural” products and

They are found on the internet and on social networks, where their virtues “Aphrodisiacs” are touted. Honey products present risks of serious side effects, alert the health authorities, this Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

People who bought it are invited “Above all not to consume these products and to destroy them”, underline the General Directorate of Competition, Consumption and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), the General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Rights (DGDDI) and the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) .

These products “Illegal and dangerous”, sold under the brands Black Horse Honey or Jaguar Power, are presented as “Food supplements for aphrodisiac purposes […] containing ingredients of natural origin (plants) ‘, explain the health authorities.

A website specializing in “Aphrodisiac products” thus describes Jaguar Power as containing “A mixture of date palm pollen and rainforest grasses”, “100% natural” and not containing “No harmful substances”.

Contraindicated for people with heart disease

“In reality, analyzes carried out by the joint laboratory service of the DGCCRF and the DGDDI show that they contain active medicinal substances not mentioned on the labels such as sildenafil or tadalafil”, the active ingredients of Viagra and Cialis, two drugs for erectile dysfunction, sold only by prescription.

Or ces substances “Are powerful vasodilators” and “Are particularly contraindicated in people suffering from cardiac pathologies, because of the serious undesirable effects that they can generate”, add the three authorities.

Bleeding, edema, renal failure …

“Several poison control centers have documented in recent months numerous reports of serious adverse effects following the consumption of these products, which have caused repeated convulsions, pulmonary hemorrhages, cerebral edemas, or major acute renal failure having, for some, resulted in hospitalizations ”, they assure.

When these products are identified by the authorities, they “Are systematically withdrawn from the market and recalled to consumers”, specifies the press release, which calls for “Above all, do not consume these products and destroy them” and, in the event of undesirable effects “To consult (his) doctor or to go to the emergency room”.

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