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This will not be a long post, but in order to call attention to potential fantasy bubbles bursting, we’d ask you to read the following with a grain of salt. Posted over at Time.com, the article states this:

Consumers who have Man Up Now capsules should stop using them immediately. The FDA analyzed Man Up Now and determined that it contains sulfoaildenafil, a chemical similar to sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. Like sildenafil, this chemical may interact with prescription drugs such as nitrates, including nitroglycerin, and cause dangerously low blood pressure. When blood pressure drops suddenly, the brain is deprived of an adequate blood supply that can lead to dizziness or lightheadedness. Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2010/12/13/fda-warns-consumers-to-stop-taking-sexual-enhancement-pills/#ixzz187MnQaDA

This was taken from the FDA’s official website. With the drug companies in the USA one of the biggest business’s and profit making industries, I have to suspect some bias on these findings. Now, I haven’t read the study, i haven’t read the so called science behind the study, but it says taking these will lower your blood pressure too much. The ironic thing is that it says it does the same thing as the active ingredient in Viagra. However the article at Time doesn’t say anything about this. It’s a clear attack on a natural alternative to a drug companies high priced version. This is an old fashion shake down if i ever saw one. “They best not be selling that shit on my turf.”
 
The shaming in the opening article is quite amusing too:
 

If the name weren’t enough to put you off the stuff, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a health-related reason to stop taking Man Up Now: the sexual enhancement herbal supplement contains a variation of the active ingredient in Viagra, and could dangerously lower your blood pressure.

Why would the name Man Up put me off anything as a man? Is the writer so insecure in his manhood that buying a pill to enhance performance in bed really threatening him? Oh wait, of course it’s a woman writing the article. Of course there’s shaming going on. In fact the pointlessness of the article written by Merideth is almost completely pointless, as she goes on to sum it up with this:

So far, the FDA has not received reports of adverse effects in men taking the pills. But this is a good reminder that “herbal” or “all natural” supplements aren’t necessarily harmless, and may have side effects and contraindications just like prescription drugs.
Ok, so there have been no reported adverse effects, so how is this a reminder that all natural products are potentially dangerous? It is my hypothesis that either this was a direct attack on alternative drugs, or some feminist jumping on the shaming wagon to berate men who only want to make sex more enjoyable for girls. Now why would a girl not want other girls to be satisfied sexually? hmmm…
 
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