SINGAPORE — The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has urged members of public to avoid purchasing or consuming three types of health products, after two men suffered adverse side effects, including one who consumed a product that contains including tadalafil, an erectile dysfunction medicine.
SINGAPORE — The Health Sciences Authority has cautioned members of public not to buy or consume three types of health products, after two men suffered adverse side effects, including one who consumed a product that contains tadalafil, an erectile dysfunction medicine.
“Use of tadalafil without proper medical supervision is dangerous and can increase the risk of serious adverse effects, including heart attacks, stroke, headaches, migraines, irregular heart rate and priapism ,” said HSA.Another man, also in his 30s, developed Cushing’s syndrome, a serious steroid-induced condition characterised by a round face or"moon face" appearance, after taking"DND Rx9" for several months for gout.
HSA said that uncovered consignments of “Mofa Coffee” were discovered by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers at Changi Airfreight Centre, who had noticed anomalies in the scanned images of two parcels from Malaysia. They were later referred to HSA for further investigations. Sibutramine is a prescription-only weight loss medicine that has been banned in Singapore since 2010 due to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
“HSA has worked with the platform administrators to remove the affected listings and has also alerted its Malaysian counterpart to the two products 'DND Rx9' and 'Mofa Coffee' that were purchased or sourced from Malaysia,” it added.
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