FDA warns vs spread of banned drugs

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has warned anew on the proliferation of banned drugs peddled in the sidewalks of the Chinatown district, Davao City, the same products that were the target of previous confiscations and arrests.
Arnold Alindada, FDA Davao region director, said the banned drugs being peddled again were those promising to promote weight loss and enhance sexual potency.
“There’s even a medical doctor here that suffered a colon cancer after taking big doses of that slimming drug,” Alindada said, without
identifying the patient.
The allowable presence of mercury should not exceed one part per million, “but the banned drug contained 1,000 ppm,” Alindada added.
The FDA did not identify the origin of the banned drugs, although they could have been sneaked into the city using either the cities of Zamboanga and General Santos.  MC/MindaNews