Natural Sex Supplements Actually Have Viagra
Happy Monday!
Ever wonder about those “natural sex supplements” you see at the liquor store counter while buying oven pizzas and beer at 1am? Welp, turns out they actually are chock full of the same medicine in the little blue pill – VIAGRA.
Via BuzzFeed:
In the past week alone, the Food and Drug Administration has uncovered 25 supplements tainted with the active ingredients found in prescription erectile dysfunction drugs, such as Viagra and Cialis.
“We’re not talking about trace amounts of this stuff,” Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor of medicine at the Cambridge Health Alliance who specializes in the supplement industry, told BuzzFeed News. “FDA doesn’t say how much they’ve found, but whenever we’ve taken a look at this, these dosages are really significant.”
“They can contain dosages twice as high as Viagra itself,” Cohen added.
Pretty nuts, right? Although you might be like, “sweet! Cheap Viagra!” This isn’t good news, because many people opt for OTC supplements because they are afraid of the risks and side effects of Viagra. The solution? According to the article, it’s making Viagra a non-prescription drug.
“Make Viagra an over-the-counter medication,” Cohen said. “If you were told what to watch out for, what not to combine it with, if you had Viagra on sale at all drugstores, things would be much safer. It’s our moral and social resistance to that that’s stopping it. That and, Pfizer wants to make more money.”
OTC Viagra for super fun sexy times whenever you feel like it? WE’RE IN.