There’s a frequent division of opinion on the forum over this: people who only use Dr Fox, Lloyds etc (and often vehemently insist that others should) and those that take varying degrees of chance. I say ‘varying degrees’ as it does seem to me to vary. Paper trails on foreign sildenafil often don’t travel to the U.K., but the figures conflate genuine concerns with scaremongering over
possible or
probable dangers.
Here’s an example:
External Link/Members OnlyThe hard statistical evidence on ‘dangerous’ is lacking: it reads a bit like “of the tens of thousands of girls working as prostitutes, many are drug addicts, sex slaves, trafficked, abused, diseased etc etc”.
Not tens of thousands but
included in that number.
There are dozens of these articles. Of thousands of samples, one was ‘contaminated’ with talcum powder.” In one analysis, “only 10.1% of samples were within 10% of the labelled tablet strength.” No hard statistics on how many samples could kill you and I suspect none likely if you’re not hypotensive, diabetic etc etc.
There are some countries that are inherently dodgy. Others where a major high street pharmacy is not better or worse than Boots. They are not
all shoddy about who they get their supplies from or the certifications of manufacture (none of which gets as far as the U.K. in most cases).
Part of the problem is that they are, by an economically and politically twisted definition ‘counterfeit’ — just like most prossies are “trafficked” (just not in the ordinary sense of of the word usually).
There is the same situation with protein bars and most health supplements sold in Britain. The checks are fucking shoddy. Many contain more or less of the said ingredient and some contain contaminants. (Look at results from independent testing labs with no ax to grind e.g. ConsumerLab.com.
On the other hand, thousands of people are using them and not dropping dead. If you’re generally healthy same way you can withstand the odd dodgy Chinese meal. You just don’t go back to the same place.
If you can afford it,
especially if you’re taking a lot of the stuff, get it from British outlets. The same goes for Cialis (under that name or as tadalafil). But the only really serious documented cases I’ve come across involved people with diabetes or very low blood pressure in the first place. A bit like street food: if you have a dodgy stomach stay clear: it all depends on the source and how it’s handled. Work out what safe means to you — ...and if you are very worried, just reading the list of *possible* side effects on any drug could make you an organic vegan for life. And that ain’t safe either!!
Be sensible. Enjoy!!