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>KUALA LUMPUR: Imagine taking painkillers to dull the >pain but ending up with kidney failure or consuming >Viagra and ending up with the urge to dance all night >long. > >Pfizer Inc, which produces Viagra, has expressed >concern about the booming trade in counterfeit >medicines in the Asia-Pacific region. > >Its global security senior regional director, Donald >Shruhan, said 3.5 million counterfeit Viagra tablets >were seized in 2005, a seven-fold increase from >500,000 in 2003. > >"Tests on counterfeit Ponstan tablets revealed that >although it looks similar to the original, the >imitation contains boric acid, which can cause kidney >failure and even death. A fake Viagra pill was found >to contain the same ingredients as Ecstasy," he added. > >Those who consume counterfeit drugs are at risk >because it will be ineffective, are produced in >unhygienic conditions and have not been tested or >approved. >"The counterfeit pharmaceutical products that >consumers purchase may also contain toxic or unlisted >ingredients, which may prove detrimental to their >health." > >In Egypt, a cement mixer was used to mix several >different ingredients to make fake Viagra tablets. > >"Counterfeiters are more concerned with the appearance >of their product rather than the efficacy," Shruhan >said. > >Studies have shown that counterfeit medicines account >for nearly 10 per cent or US$22 billion (RM74.8 >billion) of the global supply of medicine.

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