Fake medicines exposed for people with erectile dysfunction in parallel market

The national pharmacists trade unions has warned against fake medicines exposed for customers nationwide, most of them are drugs destined for erectile dysfunction, so the people taking such medicines will be prone to several health problems.

According to Mr. Belamri, the information officer at the national pharmacists trade unions, the medicines market in Algeria, is subject to a new phenomenon as drugs are exposed to customers on the open air, without respecting the packaging conditions, the most frequent medicines to be exposed to customers, are drugs for erectile dysfunction, which causes serious complications on people taking them.

In this context, the same speaker has called on the authorities intervention, and especially the Ministry of Trade, and Health, to put an end to this wide spreading phenomenon, adding that Algeria is not secured of such a plight, so the authorities should take measures likely to abort it, saying that the erectile dysfunction drugs are the most exposed for customers, because of the gains these medicines merchants receive, as the demand on them is growing, and their competitive prices.