Intensified action targeting illegally imported erectile stimulants: what they really contain
Bern, 28.10.2019 - Swissmedic laboratory inspects illegal shipments of medicinal products in which tadalafil is the declared active substance For several years erectile stimulants have topped the statistics on medicinal products imported illegally into Switzerland. These prescription-only medicines are usually imported without the required medical assessment having been carried out beforehand. Many products don’t contain the substances listed on the label, and using these products can cause considerable damage to health. Analyses performed in the past have shown that the quality of these articles is frequently poor. Against this background, Swissmedic again inspected illegally imported and confiscated erectile stimulants in its own laboratory (OMCL) over a period of several weeks. This time the focus of the intensified action was products containing the active substance tadalafil. Almost half of the samples analysed were potentially harmful to health or of no use.