Fake Viagra pills sold in Asian shops could be fatal:officials

November 16, 2007

Thousands of fake variations of sex enhancement drug Viagra shipped from India and sold in Asian corner shops across the UK can be dangerous and even fatal, trading officials warned today. Dubbed the "pills that kill", officials said the medicines were untested and urged anyone who bought them to throw them away immediately. "These tablets…

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Newlywed groom dies from sex drug side-effect

October 21, 2007

LAHORE: A newlywed groom died on Sunday after taking sex drugs in the Green Town police precinct. Green Town police Sub Inspector Muhammad Ashiq said Shahbaz Ahmad (30), a resident of Green Town, got married on Thursday. During initial interrogation, he said, it was disclosed that on Saturday night Shahbaz after taking sex drugs left…

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Beware of fake drugs

September 25, 2007

A LEADING surgeon yesterday warned that counterfeit medical drugs were being sold alongside medicines stolen from the public health system openly at markets throughout the country. Dr Polapoi Chalou said health centres and aid posts were not supplied with medical drugs because the medicines were going into the wrong hands, often stolen and sold, causing…

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Fake drugs worth Rs 5.3 cr seized

September 22, 2007

HYDERABAD: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has seized Rs 5.36 crore worth of spurious, sub-standard and illegal drugs from godowns and industrial units in the state in the last few weeks. Ironically, Rs 4.80 crore worth of drugs were manufactured without a valid licence. “A special drive was taken up by the DCA from February…

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Counterfeit Viagra from China prompts warnings in India

September 4, 2007

New Delhi – After China's toxic toys and jewellery worried authorities in the United States, made-in-China counterfeit Viagra has rattled police in India's financial capital of Mumbai, a newspaper reported Monday. The pills have police officers worried because they were "highly hazardous" yet easily available, the English-language Hindustan Times newspaper said. Last week, the police…

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World Health Organization says willing to help in fake drugs study

August 26, 2007

Less than a month after completing its own study in India to estimate the incidence of counterfeit and spurious drugs in the local market, the World Health Organization (WHO) is willing to extend its financial as well as technical support to a proposed countrywide survey on fake drugs mooted by the Union ministry of health…

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