Drugs Log

Herbal sex-pill alternatives pose a hidden danger for men on common heart and blood-pressure drugs: popping one could lead to a stroke, or even death.
Many of the “all-natural” products with names such as Stamina-RX and Vigor-25 work because they contain unregulated versions of the drugs they are supposed to replace.
An Associated Press investigation found that [...]

Researchers have warned about “herbal remedies” for erectile dysfunction sold over-the-counter in Hong Kong after most of them were found to contain untested variants of well-known anti-impotence drugs.
These variants, or “analogues,” are copies of controlled drugs but they are slightly modified in their chemical structure to escape patent and other drug-related laws.
Cranked out illegally, these [...]