Especially if you illegally add prescription meds to the mix. 
I don’t know which is the greater crime, though-the adding of the prescription meds, or the names Organic Herbal Supply Inc. gave their tainted products:
They even had two supplements aimed for the female market…which were also tainted with prescription meds:
. I sure would like to know what demographic they were aiming for with names like those.
Adulteration of herbal drugs has been going on for a long time - and it’s not just “enhancement” products that are involved. These supplements are commonly “contaminated” (i.e. intentionally mixed with) prescription meds used for other purposes, as when prescription statins are found in products advertised as naturally lowering blood lipids. That may make them more effective, but also exposes people to side effects and drug interactions they didn’t know they were in for.
The problem seems worst with supplements from China and India (where an alarmingly high percentage of Ayurvedic medicines have been found to contain dangerous levels of heavy metals).
More on the risks from poorly-regulated supplements here.
I know that it’s been going on for awhile, but when you throw in those ridiculously juvenile product names(Cummor? Really?) the story becomes fun.
I’d imagine if you’re peddling questionable herbal supplements to people who can’t get it up and are desperate enough to seek out your product, subtlety isn’t really a luxury you can afford.
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I’m a little surprised the blue pill hasn’t eliminated the need for snake oil remedies
I know Viagra can be expensive and often isn’t covered by prescription health plans.
I guess the herbal guys want to be sure their products perform as advertised. Even if that means illegally mixing in real drugs.
Which brings up an interesting chicken / egg dilemma. Which came first? A lot of antibiotics and other medications are derived from traditional herbs and mosses. Plants that had been used in tradational medicine for many centuries.
And for some people it has no effect.
Or they can’t take it. There’s a reason why the ads say “do not take with nitrates.” Doing so can KILL you.
Rectalis sounds like it’s aimed at… a different southern region of the anatomy.
Those names are only slightly less ridiculous than real drug names. Abilify? Xeljanz? Are you kidding me?
My personal favorite: Aciphex (“ASS EFFECTS”).
This site has, in addition to details about the current recall, an archive of recent recalls and warnings applying to “enhancement” products and various other “herbal” supplements.
It’s quite a list.
The Asian market near me has a product called “Hard Ten Days” that the older male clerk showed my on the sly. I looked it up and it was one of the ones banned because it really did contain Sildenifil.
Dennis
Where do these companies get access to such cheap pharmaceuticals that they can add them to herbal products and still make a profit?
I suppose “LabidaMAX” is supposed to make a woman think, “ooh, this will maximize my libido,” but I am afraid that is not the idea that comes (heh) to mind when I read that. Rather, it makes me think of labia swelling and itching, probably due to an unpleasant allergic reaction of some sort. Yeah baby, that’s teh sexy!
It sounds like something designed to destroy said other part of anatomy
LoL