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Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company that brought Viagra to the market, has issued a warning to consumers about herbal treatments that claim to have the same effect as the popular blue pill.<\/p>\n Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company that brought Viagra to the market, has issued a warning to consumers about herbal treatments that claim to have the same effect as the popular blue pill.<\/p>\n
Company warns men<\/strong><\/p>\n The company issued the warning after sales of Viagra slipped by about nine percent. Pfizer believes competitors are luring men away with herbal supplements that are cheaper, according to a business article.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the counter herbal sex\u00a0enhancers\u00a0may contain\u00a0PDE5\u00a0inhibitors or prescription-only\u00a0Sildenafil\u00a0drugs, clinically indicated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction,\u201d James Wee, Pfizer Philippines senior medical manager, said in a statement. \u201cPDE5\u00a0inhibitors (like Viagra) are never bought as over-the-counter medicines. It should only be purchased with a prescription from a physician,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Herbal rivals aren\u2019t the only problem<\/strong><\/p>\n Herbal supplements aren\u2019t checked by the FDA, which means they don\u2019t go through the same rigorous testing. Herbal supplements aren\u2019t the only danger in the erectile dysfunction<\/a> market; many companies are attempting to cash in on the Viagra demand by selling fake pills.<\/p>\n \u201cCounterfeits and clones shorten or circumvent the proper process of research and development often compromising efficacy, quality, and safety of drugs. There are other processes that can be used to produce\u00a0Sildenafil\u00a0but safety and efficacy of\u00a0Sildenafil\u00a0produced by alternative, substandard processes are unproven,\u201d Wee said.<\/p>\n FDA sees increase in counterfeit pills<\/strong><\/p>\n Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company that brought Viagra to the market, has issued a warning to consumers about herbal treatments that claim to have the same effect as the popular blue pill. Company warns men The company issued the warning after sales of Viagra slipped by about nine percent. Pfizer believes competitors are luring men away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viagra"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/v2.jpg\")
<\/a>According to FDA<\/a>, the government agency has seen its counterfeit drug investigations increase to over 20 per year since 2000, after averaging only about 5 per year through the late 1990s. While that number may seem small, any number of counterfeit drugs in the drug supply can pose significant health risks to thousands of Americans. In some cases, the FDA says fake pills have included harmful ingredients like printer ink, drywall, or street drugs like \u201cspeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"