The Star PETALING JAYA: If a “special” candy, chocolate or coffee carries steamy images on its packaging and a promise to turn you into some kind of “superman,” beware.
Syndicates are increasingly using food products and supplements to market active ingredients of prescription drugs like Cialis, Viagra and Levitra which are used to treat impotence in men.
The ingredient drugs tadanafil, sildenafil and verdenafil can be harmful to health if taken without proper consultation and dosing and can even cause loss of vision, according to the Pharmaceutical Services Division of the Health Ministry. Director of pharmacy enforcement Mohd Hatta Ahmad said: “The syndicates used to add the drugs into traditional medicines and other medications used purportedly for men's health. Because our control on drugs is quite stringent, they have changed tactics and now lace food products with these ingredients,” he added.
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