Urologists warn buying fake Viagra online
Men in New Zealand had been warned against self-prescribing drugs for erectile dysfunction and purchasing them from online sources to avoid serious health consequences. According to Dr Stephen Ruthven, President of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, recent research indicates versions of Viagra found on the internet are fake and contain far less of the active ingredient than the real thing. In an analysis of pills from 22 different websites claiming to sell the drug, 77% of samples were counterfeit and contained only between 30% and 50% of the levels of active ingredient advertised on its label. The analysis was conducted by Irwin Goldstein, MD of San Diego Sexual Medicine and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and reported at the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine. "Even more concerning, is the fact that many of these counterfeit drugs contain other undeclared ingredients such as gypsum which is found in fertiliser, commercial paint and prin...