The National Agency for Medicines (EOF) draws the attention of consumers to a dietary supplement (BAA) that has been proven to contain a narcotic substance.
This is Medicine Garden’s KSM-66 Ashwagandha, which is sold in Europe and contains an opioid drug, namely heroin, at a low concentration.
EOF warns that it can also be sold online in Greece and urges consumers not to use it and to inform the organization immediately if they are found to have it.
“We note that the purchase of EOF products from unreliable sources such as the internet may put consumer health at risk. The above notification is made after informing the competent Danish authorities through the Food and Feed Early Warning System (RASFF),” the EOF said.
Most dietary supplements contain undeclared medicinal components that can be harmful to health, scientists have found, and every year the number of such dietary supplements is only growing. Researchers urge to be critical of taking supplements and take them only after consulting a doctor. Almost all dietary supplements contain substances that are not declared in the composition of the drug, researchers from the California Department of Public Health found. Often these are components that are used in medicines and can have serious side effects. The results of the study were published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
The researchers note that the problem of the appearance of dangerous dietary supplements is becoming more and more pronounced every year – 57% of the warnings concerned drugs released after 2012.
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