{"id":17679,"date":"2017-05-23T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T14:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=17679"},"modified":"2017-05-23T07:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T14:15:21","slug":"how-chemists-can-detect-counterfeit-viagra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/erectile-dysfunction\/viagra\/how-chemists-can-detect-counterfeit-viagra\/","title":{"rendered":"How Chemists Can Detect Counterfeit Viagra"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How Chemists Can Detect Counterfeit Viagra<\/figcaption><\/figure>In 2014, researchers at the University of Montreal figured out how to improve on existing methods for detecting counterfeit medications like Viagra. The method, which was found to identify and quantify the compounds in the drugs in one-fifth the time of the existing method.<\/p>\n

The new approach was especially beneficial for Viagra, an erectile dysfunction (ED) drug, which is among the world\u2019s most counterfeited drugs.<\/p>\n

Why counterfeit ED drugs are dangerous<\/strong><\/p>\n

Besides the fact that men would be wasting their money on fake ED drugs, counterfeits can also be dangerous.<\/p>\n

They can be manufactured in unsanitary environments and\/or contain undeclared ingredients that can be very harmful, or even deadly, to men who unknowingly consume the hidden ingredients.<\/p>\n

According to an article on phys.org, back in 2008, 150 men were hospitalized after taking fake ED drugs that contained glyburide, which is used to treat diabetes. The men all experienced severe hypoglycemia. Seven suffered brain damage and four died.<\/p>\n

As one of the researchers, Philippe Lebel, said, the problems develop when men buy drugs outside pharmacies. \u201cThere is no information on the actual origin of these products, their storage conditions, their composition, their dosages, or their toxicity, for example,\u201d said Lebel.<\/p>\n

How the new method works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The researchers\u2019 use special equipment to detect substances that are sometimes substituted for the active ingredients in Viagra.<\/p>\n

Although the analyses was similar to the existing method, the new analysis only takes 10 minutes (the previous method took up to 50 minutes) and is able to identify previously unidentifiable compounds, even in small amounts.<\/p>\n

How big is the problem of counterfeit ED drugs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although Asia and India tend to have the most counterfeit ED drugs, there are fakes being produced and sold all over the world.<\/p>\n

But how big a deal is it? One Dutch study discovered that of 370 samples of Viagra that were seized, only 10 were real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2014, researchers at the University of Montreal figured out how to improve on existing methods for detecting counterfeit medications like Viagra. The method, which was found to identify and quantify the compounds in the drugs in one-fifth the time of the existing method. The new approach was especially beneficial for Viagra, an erectile dysfunction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,17],"tags":[22,184],"class_list":["post-17679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-erectile-dysfunction","category-viagra","tag-ed","tag-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