A new analysis of US FDA found that nearly 800 dietary supplements sold over the counter from 2007 to 2016 contained unapproved drug ingredients. These products have the potential to cause severe adverse health effects through accidental misuse, overuse, or interaction with other medications, underlying health conditions, or other drugs within the same dietary supplement. The study published in Journal of the American Medical Association reported that more than one unapproved pharmaceutical ingredient was found in 20% of those supplements.
About 45% sexual enhancement products, 41% weight loss & 12% muscle-building products are found to be tainted with unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients. Drugs found in sexual enhancement products like sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil, which are intended for erectile dysfunction, which, when overused, can cause serious damage to the blood vessels.…
