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Office warns of potency and slimming products: "Life-threatening interactions"

2021-05-07T02:28:21.941Z


The state investigation office warns against a potency and a slimming agent. The active ingredients contained can even be life-threatening.


The state investigation office warns against a potency and a slimming agent.

The active ingredients contained can even be life-threatening.

Koblenz - Summer is approaching and with it perhaps also the desire for a slim bikini figure.

But they should stay away from slimming products.

The State Investigation Office (LUA) of Rhineland-Palatinate warns of “a dangerous double”. The slimming product “Go Slim” and the sexual enhancer “Viazene Ginseng Complex” should contain undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients. This means that the two products are not even legally approved. The LUA was able to detect the appetite-suppressing active ingredient sibutramine in the slimming product “Go Slim”. This can have serious health consequences. Öko-Test made a unhealthy find in some Passata.

According to the LUA, "side effects such as greatly increased blood pressure and acute heart disease" can be the result of sibutramine.

It can be particularly dangerous when taking psychotropic drugs at the same time - even life-threatening.

The active ingredient sibutramine was previously used as a last resort in anti-obesity drugs.

However, due to the risky side effects, the drug's approval was withdrawn.

Warning of dangerous active substances: "Life-threatening interactions"

The sexual enhancer "Viazene Ginseng Complex" was also analyzed by the LUA in the laboratory.

The active ingredient sildenafil was found.

When taking the active ingredient, side effects such as headache, dizziness, digestive and visual disturbances can be caused.

"When taking heart medication at the same time, there is a risk of life-threatening interactions," according to the LUA Rhineland-Palatinate.

Agents with Sildenafil are subject to approval and prescription in Germany.

Medicines with the active ingredient are used to treat erectile dysfunction.

However, this happens exclusively under medical supervision.

"Viazene Ginseng Complex" obviously does not have such approval.

Dangerous slimming and sexual enhancer from abroad

Both the slimming product and the sexual enhancer had been ordered from abroad via the Internet.

Customs made sure both products were imported.

The highly effective active pharmaceutical ingredients with dangerous side effects were not listed among the ingredients.

Only supposedly natural ingredients were mentioned in the declaration.

This means that consumers do not know which active ingredients they are actually consuming.

And that can end life-threatening.

The LUA advises against buying such products that are sold online or by private individuals.

The discounter Aldi is recalling baby shoes - a harmful substance has been proven.

(jsch)

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Source: merkur

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