FDA: We Think The Secret Ingredient In Your “Herbal Viagra” Is Actual Viagra

(Mark Clem)

Here’s some news that apparently comes as a surprise to many consumers: it is not a good idea to buy pills marketed as “natural” aphrodisiacs or “herbal Viagra.” While the famed erectile dysfunction treatment won’t be available as a generic medication for a few years yet in the United States, that doesn’t stop companies from making analogues to it and selling it as “natural” supplements.

For example, the package for yet another “Black Ant” product advertises what it does in language that sort of resembles English:

[M]ale hormone active (sic), albumen assimilation and stimulating marrow making blood function effects (sic) can accelerate blood corpuscle growth and producing sperm (sic). It can effectively activate adrenal gland PDA sound ause (sic) factor, dilute and supplement sperms (sic), reach several ejaculation and many times orgasm (sic)

The same company also sells numerous similar products, which lab analysis by the FDA found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra.

R Thomas Marketing, LLC 7/31/15 [FDA]

by Laura Northrup via Consumerist