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Herbal supplements recalled as a result of undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil

By Brian Buntz | February 9, 2022

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Amazon appears to have growing troubles around herbal supplements sold on its site.

The online retail giant has informed the herbal supplement company Celebrate Today (Brentwood, New York) that its Red Mammoth pills were tainted with sildenafil and tadalafil, both of which are FDA-regulated drugs for erectile dysfunction and other conditions.

Similarly, Amazon announced that a lab identified tadalafil in the “Red Pill” capsules from a company known as Your Favorite Shop (Jackson, New Jersey). FDA also announced that a company known as Positive-Health (Wilmington, Delaware) is voluntarily recalling a lot of supplements with undeclared tadalafil.

FDA has announced that Positive Health, Celebrate Today and Your Favorite Shop are carrying out a voluntary nationwide recall of the pills.

Last week, FDA announced several similar recalls affecting supplements sold on Amazon.

A press release from the FDA notes that the PDE-5 inhibitors sildenafil and tadalafil have been associated with drug-drug interactions. For instance, individuals with metabolic disease taking nitrates such as nitroglycerin may suffer potentially life-threatening drops in blood pressure when taking PDE-5 inhibitors. Heart patients combining PDE-5 inhibitors and nitrates also may face an elevated risk of heart attacks.

In 2020, FDA warned that supplements sold on sites such as Amazon, eBay and other virtual retailers may have an elevated risk of containing undeclared drug ingredients.

About The Author

Brian Buntz

The pharma and biotech editor of WTWH Media, Brian is a veteran journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering an array of life science topics, including clinical trials, drug discovery and development and medical devices. Before coming to WTWH, he served as content director focused on connected devices at Informa. In addition, Brian covered the medical device sector for 10 years at UBM. At Qmed, he overhauled the brand’s news coverage and helped to grow the site’s traffic volume dramatically. He had previously held managing editor roles on two of the company’s medical device technology publications. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at bbuntz@wtwhmedia.com.

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