Fifty brands of sex drugs in market
Nadira GUNATILLEKE
Health Ministry warns the public against using unregistered sexual
stimulants without medical advice which can cause instant heart attacks
and strokes.
There are over 50 brands of sexual stimulative drugs in the local
market but only six brands are safe to use and registered with the
Cosmetic Devices and Drugs Control Authority (CDDCA), a Health Ministry
spokesman said.
According to the spokesman CDDA will take legal action if any private
pharmacy sells unregistered sexual stimulative drugs or sell such drugs
without prescriptions. Sexual stimulative drugs instantly and rapidly
increase blood pressure and heart rate. If taken without medical advice,
such drugs can cause sudden heart attacks and strokes in persons who use
them.
Usually persons use high doses of such drugs to achieve better
results quickly. But doctors prescribe a certain dose of a safe and
registered drug only after thoroughly examining the other medical
conditions of the persons such as high blood pressure, diabetes etc and
the age of the persons, he said.
Long-term use of sexual stimulative drugs cause many other
complications such as depression, insomnia, digestive problems, weight
loss, headaches, nervousness, restlessness, loss of appetite, abdominal
pain, severe fatigue, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and skin rashes etc.
Such drugs contain a chemical named `Sildenafil' which is harmful to
health, he added.
But due to various myths and fabricated concepts about sexual
intercourse, a large number of people use dangerous sexual stimulative
drugs in high doses. They buy such drugs from private pharmacies which
sell them under 'members only' policy. Legal action will be taken
against all such pharmacies, he said.
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