Food and Drugs Board (FDB) on Thursday destroyed large quantities of aphrodisiac at the Saba landfill site at Weija in Accra and cautioned Ghanaians to desist from using such drugs due to their harmful effects.
They included antibiotics, love portions and assorted sex enhancement drugs.
The drugs were seized during a swoop on traders dealing in illegal drugs and aphrodisiac at Okaishie, Kaneshie, Tudu and Accra Central Business Centre.
Mr Thomas Amedzro, the Head of Post Market Surveillance, said the drugs contained extremely overdose active ingredient of aphrodisiac and instead of opening the blood vessels of the reproductive organs they opened all other vessels making them dangerous to users.
He said persons with cardiovascular, sickle cell and other diseases stood the chance of worsening their diseases adding that these drugs could be effective immediately but then their long term effects could be injurious especially to the body organs.
Mr Amedzro said these drugs in addition, had psychological and psychological effects on users and could cause priapism, a persistent,
usually painful erection that lasts for more than four hours and occurs without sexual stimulation as well as hormonal imbalances because the drugs
side steps the hormones and could lead to their dysfunction.
Mr James Lartey, Head of FDB Public Affairs, told newsmen that the exercise had become necessary due to increase in the illegal activities of traders.
He said drugs sold in the country should be registered with FDB to ensure quality, safety and efficacy and added that the impunity with which
these drugs entered the country from the eastern borders was worrying.
Mr Lartey advised the public to ensure they purchased medicines from only approved premises (Licensed Chemical Shops and Pharmacies) since these places were licensed premises being manned by qualified personnel.
"Drugs should be sold under a certain temperature and selling them on the open market can affect their potency even if their efficacy is
standard," Mr Lartey said.
He assured the public of FDB's readiness to protect public health and safety always and appealed to the public to desist from buying drugs which had no English labelling.
Mr Lartey urged the public to report persons suspected to be in any practice that could endanger public health and safety through any of the following contact numbers; 0244337235, 0262689296 or 0244385086.
Below are names of some of the seized and destroyed unregistered products that the public should be cautious of:
1. ME DE GYE WO KUNU (for women)
2. My Sexy Secret (for women sex power)
3. MAN & WOMAN CREAM
4. HIP UP cream (look young & firm-breast & buttocks enlargement)
5. FANTA (to cure White)
6. Black Warrior (aphrodisiac capsule)
7. AK-47 (enlarge your penis & increase sexual stamina)
8. 12TH NIGHT
9. B-MAN (exceed Viagra and cialis)
10. BLACK SUPERMAN (makes it big, thick, long-lasting, increasing sperms)
11. BEAUTIFUL PENIS AUGMENTS CAPSULES
12. HERB VIAGRA
13. BIG PENIS (quickly enhance sexual power)
14. THE KING (easy to be a man)
15. GREAT PENIS
16. AFRICA KING
17. VIRGIN POWDER (makes you a virgin even when you are not)
18. ARABIAN CREAM (insert into vagina part)
19. Top Secret (tightening vagina & reduce lubricant)
20. TO BE BIG CREAM
21. ORGINAL GREEN WATER (treats white and all kinds of diseases)
22. LOVE PORTION CREAM (vaginal cream)
23. ORGINAL KARYAGADO (made in Nigeria)
24. NYAME NA AYE POMADE
25. SUPER SEX CAPSULES
26. LUMP SUGAR (dedee)
27. ALHAJI ABDULAHI
28. CheChe TOUJOUR (true love cream-made in Nigeria)
29. AMARIA candies (made in Nigeria)
30. Super Strong 4 in 1 Men Cream (sexual excitement, long lasting, enlarging & bigger) made in Greece
31. YAN DUNIYA
32. APHRIDISIAC MILK
33. GLO POWER multi vitamin caplets
34. RED SUCCUBA
35. LONELY GIRL
36. HIP UP CREAM
37. SPAIN BLACK BUTTERFLY
38. FEEL MAN (100% healthy food for men)
39. MEN GEL
40. PLAYBOY BUNNY GIRL
41. LOVE CREAM (Touch me)
42. COME UNSTOPABLY
43. CHECHE TOUJOUR CREAM D'AMOUR
44. AK-47
45. SEXUAL LOVE
46. JAGUAR POWER
47. MILK APHRODISIAC
48. SUPER BONEE CREAM
49. GERMANY KIM FOX
50. POMADE CROCODILE