Magic Power Coffee Receives Food and Drug Administration Warning to Consumers
Purported Aphrodisiac is Potentially Dangerous
Although no adverse reactions have been reported by anyone to date, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned about consumer safety on two fronts: 1) Because the product is labeled as a dietary supplement, consumers will be falsely lulled into a sense of product safety and 2) The product contains a chemical which is very similar to that of the active ingredient in Viagra.
Dietary supplements do not have to meet the same sort of stringent guidelines that prescribed medications or even over-the-counter (OTC) medications do. Vitamin and mineral supplements are also classified as dietary supplements.
Magic Power Coffee has been analyzed by the FDA labs and found to contain hydroxythiohomosildenafil, a chemical much like sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. Magic Power Coffee's label does not identify this ingredient on its label and claims itself to be "all natural." Even if the ingredient were on the label, most consumers would not be aware of its properties.
Hydroxythiohomosildenafil can interact with certain prescription medications that a consumer is taking, especially nitrates, and cause blood pressure to dangerously lower itself. Again, because the product is a dietary supplement, it comes with none of the precautions or potential side effects that medications such as Viagra or Cialis do.
Ingredients that are listed on the product label are: "horny goat weed (epimedium), goji berry (lyceum barbarum) and ginseng" (CBS News). Some consumers may respond unfavorably to the ingredient epimedium, which may also lower blood pressure.
The FDA warns that any product sold for this type of sexual performance enhancement sold without a physician's prescription should be avoided due to the potential for adverse reactions and even death.
Magic Power Coffee is only available online and through online auction sites. Any consumers who have experienced adverse reactions after using this product, ranging from dizziness, light-headedness or more, should report their symptoms to the FDA's MedWatch Program.
Sources: CBS News
Medical News Today
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Published by L.L. Woodard
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