The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers about certain drugs they may have purchased over the Internet. The products are sold as
* Tetrasil
* Genisil
* Aviralex
* OXi-MED
* Imulux
* Beta-mannan
* Micronutrient
* Qina
* SlicPlus
The products falsely claim to prevent or treat a variety of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including
* herpes
* chlamydia
* human papillomavirus (HPV)
* cervical dysplasia
* HIV/AIDS
Some of these products falsely claim to have “FDA Approval” and some claim to be “more effective” than conventional medicine. Examples of claims that these products make include
* “Treatment Kills all Herpes Viruses WITHOUT having to use conventional drugs or medications”
* “Greatest STD Protection Without Condoms”
* “The active ingredient in our product is FDA certified to destroy 99.9992 percent of all pathogenic organisms [i.e.] Chlamydia”
Why Consumers Should be Concerned
“STDs are very serious diseases and these products give consumers a false sense of security that they are protected from STDs,” says Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.