Some Medicines Purchased Via The Internet Can Be Dangerous

Some Medicines Purchased Via The Internet Can Be Dangerous.
Internet-based companies deal in them, men on to buy them and experts continue to apprise of the dangers of counterfeit drugs for erectile dysfunction. A new study, conducted in South Korea and slated for debut Monday at the American Urological Association annual meeting in San Francisco, finds that not only can these simulation drugs be contaminated, they may contain too much of the active ingredient or none at all. The drugs could especially be harmful for men with hypertension or heart disease, the study found.

The message? Stay away from non-prescription erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, the experts say. "There are lots of rip-offs," said Dr John Morley, superintendent of geriatrics and acting manager of endocrinology at Saint Louis University. "There's still a lot of testimony that many of the things you buy off the Internet without going through a regular chemist's might appear cheaper or better but they're usually not and they usually don't work".

Drugs known as phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) are employed widely by men with erectile dysfunction - and sometimes by those without the condition. Perhaps the best known of the sort are sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis). Since it was developed in 1998, the call for these and similar products - legitimate or not - has mushroomed.