Dangers Lurk in Impotence Drugs Sold on Web

May 31st, 2010 admin

Internet-based companies market them, men continue to buy them and experts continue to warn of the dangers of counterfeit drugs for erectile dysfunction. A new study, conducted in South Korea and slated for presentation Monday at the American Urological Association annual meeting in San Francisco, finds that not only can these knock-off drugs be contaminated, they may contain too much of the active ingredient or none at all.


Originally posted on VitaBeat

 
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