Impotence EU Gets Tough on Herbal Impotence Remedies

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EU Gets Tough on Herbal Impotence Remedies

The European Union will be getting tough on herbal impotence medicines, and traditional or imported remedies for other conditions, under new licensing laws.

The new EU directive, which will be enforced from May 1st, will require manufacturers to meet strict licensing law. It will allow only high quality products to be sold over the counter. Side effects will have to be clearly listed on products.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority insists that, although tough, the regulations will protect consumers from dangerous drug interactions between herbal meds and prescription drugs; they say the rules will also protect people against side effects.

‘Herbal Viagra’ remedies include Horny Goat Weed, which originates in Asia, and yarsagumba which is otherwise known as ‘Himalayan Viagra’.

Herbalist shops and alternative medicine practitioners are concerned that the new legislation could harm their businesses, or even wipe them out entirely. One shop owner Selwyn Soe of The Herbal Factory in Croydon told the BBC: “Unfortunately it looks as if we will have to close down because of this legislation.”

He explained: “The problem for us is that although we would have to pay many thousands of pounds for a licence to keep making each product, unlike a drug company we would not have a licence to make that product exclusively. It just will not be worth paying out the money.”

The MHRA argues that although its new standards are “challenging” they are “achievable and manageable.” One expert has expressed concern that the new laws do not go far enough; they do not require companies to show any evidence of whether newly licensed products are effective.

The only erectile dysfunction medications licensed by European drug authorities are Viagra, Levitra and Cialis.

Source: EuroClinix