{"id":15712,"date":"2015-05-07T08:02:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=15712"},"modified":"2018-11-04T14:34:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T14:34:32","slug":"fda-warnings-about-fake-cialis-m0326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/erectile-dysfunction\/cialis\/fda-warnings-about-fake-cialis-m0326\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Warnings About Fake Cialis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cialis is now available as a generic in the United States. However, the available of more cost-effective alternatives to name-brand drugs like Cialis and Viagra has not stopped the production of counterfeit drugs. It’s essential to thoroughly evaluate any website from which you consider ordering medications.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Criminal enterprises that manufacture counterfeit drugs target very popular, high-profit medications.<\/p>\n

Drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) are very popular with counterfeiters, partly due to their popularity and high potential for profit. Knockoff drug makers also know that with ED medications, a lot of men don\u2019t want to bring up the topic of erection problems with their doctors, and many want to buy the product anonymously. It\u2019s a perfect storm of incentives for counterfeiters. Recently, US officials seized a shipment of counterfeit versions of the ED drug Cialis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Counterfeit Cialis Found in January<\/h3>\n

As just one example, in January of 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered a batch of counterfeit Cialis in a mail shipment and has issued an import alert banning the product from entering the US. The fake Cialis was chemically analyzed and found to contain tadalafil, which is the active ingredient in real Cialis, as well as sildenafil, the active ingredient in ED drug Viagra. It didn\u2019t specify the amounts of these ingredients, but noted the potential for danger in mixing the two compounds.<\/p>\n

Differences Between the Knockoffs and Authentic Product<\/h3>\n

The packaging of the counterfeit Cialis offered some clues that it wasn\u2019t what it claimed to be. The seized product had different patterns and colors on its labelling, and the word \u201cCialis\u201d was misspelled on one side of the bottle. Specifically, the labelling read, \u201cCLALIS is a product of: Eli lilly Australia PTY Limited,\u201d so not only was \u201cCialis\u201d misspelled, \u201cLilly\u201d used improper capitalization.<\/p>\n

Further, the labelling lists the manufacturing address as \u201c112 Wharf Road, WEST RYDE, NSW 2114.\u201d This tipped off Eli Lilly that the drug had to be a knockoff because the company hasn\u2019t manufactured human drugs in Australia for 30 years \u2013 far longer than Cialis has been around. The company stopped making veterinary drugs in Australia in 2008. Lilly spokeswoman Celeste Stanley said<\/a>, \u201cLilly has never manufactured Cialis in Australia. This appears to be a counterfeit version of Cialis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other giveaways that the product was fake included:<\/p>\n