Great Britain is being flooded with dangerous Viagra false pills that could contain printer ink, road paint and even detergents, an expert warned today.
The latest figures suggest that Viagra is now the largest falsified drug in the United Kingdom, with more than 6.2 million in small unreliable blue pills seized by the United Kingdom regulators last year.
The sum means that more medicine supplies for erectile dysfunction were confiscated than imitation versions of analgesics such as morphine.
But Dr. Bhavini Shah, head doctor in Lloydspharmacy online doctorHe also said that it is “estimated that 80 percent of viagra purchased online is false”, which leaves patients vulnerable to potentially contaminated versions.
While Viagra is available in a pharmacy without a recipe for around £ 4, false versions can cost only £ 1.
The medications sold on the physical shelves of the United Kingdom must undergo strict quality control to ensure that they are as safe as possible for human use.
However, many medications bought online “are not regulated are often produced in antihgienic conditions, which exposes them to toxic substances,” warned Dr. Shah.
“Laboratory tests have found harmful ingredients such as detergents, road paint, printer ink and even amphetamines.”
The NHS bosses spent a total of £ 16.4 million in medicines to treat erectile dysfunction in 2023, around £ 3.60 per recipe.

In 2023, the Health Service distributed a total of 4.57 million sildenafil recipes, better known as Viagra brand, and other types of medicines for impotence sold with the Cialis and Levitra brands.
‘Sildenafil doses, the active ingredient of Viagra, are inconsistent and can be dangerously high (or completely non -existent), which makes counterfeit pills very insecure.
‘It can be difficult to distinguish the false viagra from the authentic without performing laboratory tests.
‘If you are not sure of the origin of a pill, do not take it. To detect fakes, check that the color is uniform, the shape of the diamond and the smooth edges.
Another reason to avoid buying chemicals for the bedroom online is that the pills themselves can be dangerous, warned Dr. Shah.
Not all men, like those with heart problems, must take sildenafil due to the possible impact that the drug can have on the organ.
For this reason, accredited pharmacists will make men interested in taking the medicine vital questions about their health.
“If you worry about the cost, consider the generic sildenafil,” said Dr. Shah, “which contains the same ingredient and works just like Viagra.”
The latest data, published in October, of the United Kingdom Medicines Regulatory, the Health and Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), showed that last year 2.6 million doses of Sildenafil were confiscated.

This map shows the areas where people had greater and lesser probability that Sildenafil, the key ingredient of the medicine for erectile viagra dysfunction in the NHS in the NHS.
Another half a million doses of Tadalafilo were also seized, another drug for erectile dysfunction sold under the Cialis brand, valued at 1.2 million pounds sterling.
At that time, Andy Morling, head of application of the MHRA Law, said that many men were looking for cheaper medications online or tried to avoid going to physical pharmacies by shame.
“Online trade is the new front line; it is almost exclusively an online trade,” he said.
“There are tens of thousands of websites worldwide and many of them sell in pounds sterling and make shipments to the United Kingdom.”
It occurs when separate data suggest that millions of British men are now taking the medicine to increase libido.
In 2023 alone, the NHS distributed a total of 3 million sildenafil recipes for erectile dysfunction.
This does not take into account that many other British buy it without a private recipe in commercial or online pharmacies.
Although the vast majority of people who take Sildenafil will not experience problems, it is estimated that one in 100 patients will suffer common side effects when taking the medication.
These include headaches, nausea, suffocation, indigestion, nasal congestion and dizziness, according to the NHS.
Erectile dysfunction affects 4.3 million men in the United Kingdom, including half of all men between 40 and 70 years.
One in 10 will experience erectile dysfunction at some point in your life.
According to NHS, medications such as Viagra are used to control erectile dysfunction in at least two thirds of cases.
Erectile dysfunction usually acts as a marker of the general health of a man.
According to experts, the inability to achieve or maintain an erection could be the result of a high level of cholesterol or non -diagnosed blood pressure or even a warning signal of cardiovascular disease.
This is because the blood vessels need to expand so that the blood flows to the penis and allows man to have an erection.
But cardiovascular diseases can strengthen arteries, which means that less blood can flow, which makes it difficult to achieve or maintain an erection.
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