Passed off as a natural supplement but actually containing the active pharmaceutical ingredients contained in the most well-known drugs against erectile dysfunction.
This is EpimenPlus, advertised as natural but containing the principles present in the drugs Viagra and Cialis, or sildenafil etadanafil. The drug has ended up in the crosshairs of the European Alert System for Food and Feed, or Rasff. So far, 23 lots have been withdrawn, as reported in the notice published on the website of the Ministry of Health in which it is recommended "not to consume the product" because it could cause health risks.
Sildenafil and tadanafil are commonly used indicated drugs for erectile dysfunction but may have contraindications and side effects. These "substances with pharmacological activity and, therefore, not allowed in food supplements" were found in the product called Epimen Plus, explains the ministry's notice. The recall concerns the pack of two 450 mg capsules, produced in China but also sold on the internet by a Croatian company. The 23 lots involved in the Rasff notification are published in the "Food Safety Alerts" section of the ministry's website.