Many men who took these erectile dysfunction drugs are lucky to be alive

Hong Kong is fighting back against people who sell dangerous and unregistered erectile dysfunction medication. Recently two men died in Hong Kong after being sold drugs that they were told would help them to improve their sexual function. The deputy Director of Health, Gloria Tam Lai-fun recently announced in a speech that pharmacists or shop owners who sold these medications should be prosecuted for manslaughter and imprisoned to send a stark warning that turning a blind eye was no longer acceptable.

The erectile dysfunction drugs which caused the deaths of these men contained a compound called glibenclamide that is sometimes used by diabetics to lower blood sugar. One of the samples that was tested by the Health Department in Hong Kong contained fifteen times the recommended dose of the compound glibenclamide. Many men who took these erectile dysfunction drugs are lucky to be alive after being rushed to hospital. Two men are still in a coma.

Impotence products which were found to contain glibenclamide are Nangeng, Maxman, Jiubianwang, Zengzhangsu, Sanbian and one even called Fake Viagra! Glibenclamide was also found in Sanbian Wine and Deer Pilose Antler Wine. Hong Kong is not the only country to have suffered from the problem of erectile dysfunction medication with glibenclamide added as cases have been reported in Singapore and Japan. It is likely that a lot of these dangerous medications ended up in China too but there been no reported deaths. (This does not mean that there have been none.)

We hope that the legal authorities in Hong Kong will go ahead and prosecute anyone selling these erectile dysfunction medications as it will send a clear message that those people who peddle potentially fatal drugs can no longer claim that they were unaware of what was in them.