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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there are no over-the-counter drugs to treat or prevent sexually transmitted disease, but they’ve found products that claim to.\u00a0 Several companies, selling their products in retail stores and online,\u00a0claim their products can treat a range of STDs, including herpes, chlamydia, genital warts, HIV, and AIDS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese products are dangerous because they are targeted to patients with serious conditions, where treatment options proven to be safe and effective are available,\u201d said Deborah M. Autor, director of the Office of Compliance in FDA\u2019s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. \u201cConsumers who buy these products may not seek the medical attention they need and could spread infections to sexual partners.\u201d<\/p>\n
The FDA sent ‘warning letters’ to these companies, giving them 15 days to stop marketing their products this way or they face legal action.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese companies are on notice that advertising health benefits that are not supported by rigorous scientific evidence violates the FTC Act,\u201d said David Vladeck, director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection. \u201cThey also should know that health scams that endanger public health will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the products targeted are Medavir, Herpaflor, Viruxo, C-Cure, and Never An Outbreak.\u00a0 None of their products have been checked out by the FDA for safety or effectiveness.<\/p>\n
The FDA says it\u2019s an effort to keep consumers from being misled, and\u00a0the\u00a0first step in pulling the products off the shelves.<\/p>\n
Gonorrhea: Syphilis: *Stats based on CDC website information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there are no over-the-counter drugs to treat or prevent sexually transmitted disease, but they’ve found products that claim to.\u00a0 Several companies, selling their products in retail stores and online,\u00a0claim their products can treat a range of STDs, including herpes, chlamydia, genital warts, HIV, and AIDS. \u201cThese products are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-std-sexually-transmitted-diseases-treatments"],"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\/2011\/05\/sex2.jpg\")
STD stats<\/strong>
\nChlamydia:
\nIn 2009, a total of 1,244,180 chlamydial infections were reported in the U.S. That’s an\u00a0increase of 2.8% over 2008.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2009, a total of 301,174 cases of gonorrhea were reported in the U.S., which is down 10.5% since 2008.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2009,\u00a0a total of 13,997 cases of syphilis were reported,\u00a0an increase of 4.5% since 2008.<\/p>\n