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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) issued 11 warnings against the use of fake pharmaceutical products marketed as food supplements and sexual enhancement products for men. The products contain undeclared ingredients and pose a high risk to patients with heart disease, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and those taking drugs containing nitrate.
Dr Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing at MOHAP and Chairman of the Supreme National Pharmacovigilance committee, noted that MOHAP is committed to monitoring the nutritional supplements that some companies abuse to gain quick profit by giving false promises of fictitious super powers.
Dr. Al Amiri urged the concerned authorities to take necessary measures to withdraw these products from the market and prevent them from being imported and circulated in the UAE, as they are not registered with MOHAP’s Drug department.
The Undersecretary also warned the community about the circulation of fake herbal products that are marketed via social media and that promote enhanced sexual ability in men.
Dr Al Amiri noted that the Ministry received a warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the drugs ‘Man of Steel’, containing sildenafil and ‘Super Panther 7k’ including sildenafil as well as tadalafil.
FDA also issued a warning on several supplements sold by SHH Trading as sexual performance enhancers for men: ‘Macho Man 3000’, ‘Love Zen 3000’ and ‘Monster 1350’ which contain tadalafil; ‘Xzone Gold’ and ‘Triple Miracle Zen Plus 1200’ which contain tadalafil and sildenafil; and ‘XXX Zone Platinum,’ ‘Triple Premium Zen Gold 1300mg,’ and ‘Triple X 2000’ which include sildenafil and tadalafil plus dapoxetine; “Own the knight 1750†which contains Tadalafil and Dapoxetine.