OTTAWA, April 27, 2017 /CNW/ -
IssueHealth Canada is warning Canadians about unauthorized health products, including unauthorized prescription drugs, sold online at sarms.ca. The products were promoted for various uses, including fitness and bodybuilding.
All drug products sold in Canada, including those sold over the Internet, must be approved for sale by Health Canada before they can be sold. Taking drugs that have not been authorized by Health Canada may pose serious health risks as they have not been assessed for safety, effectiveness or quality.
Prescription drugs should be used only under the supervision of a health care professional and obtained only from a source authorized to dispense prescription drugs. Consumers who take a prescription drug without being examined and monitored by a health care professional may not receive appropriate treatment. They may also put themselves at risk for drug interactions and dangerous side effects.
Affected products
BackgroundThe website sarms.ca has advertised various unauthorized drug products for sale, such as:
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IssueHealth Canada is warning Canadians about unauthorized health products, including unauthorized prescription drugs, sold online at sarms.ca. The products were promoted for various uses, including fitness and bodybuilding.
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All drug products sold in Canada, including those sold over the Internet, must be approved for sale by Health Canada before they can be sold. Taking drugs that have not been authorized by Health Canada may pose serious health risks as they have not been assessed for safety, effectiveness or quality.
Prescription drugs should be used only under the supervision of a health care professional and obtained only from a source authorized to dispense prescription drugs. Consumers who take a prescription drug without being examined and monitored by a health care professional may not receive appropriate treatment. They may also put themselves at risk for drug interactions and dangerous side effects.
Affected products
- Unauthorized health products from sarms.ca, such as clomid (clomiphene), salbutamol, tadalafil, tamoxifen, clenbuterol, andarine, ostarine, trestolone, and cardarine
- Consumers who have purchased or used unauthorized health products from sarms.ca.
- Stop using these products. Consult with your health care professional if you have used any of these products and have concerns or require treatment for your medical condition.
- Read product labels to verify that health products have been authorized for sale by Health Canada. Authorized health products have an eight-digit Drug Identification Number (DIN), Natural Product Number (NPN) or Homeopathic Drug Number (DIN-HM). You can also check if products have been authorized for sale by searching Health Canada's Drug Product Database, Licensed Natural Health Product Database or Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL).
- Report adverse events to health products to Health Canada by calling toll-free at 1?866?234?2345, or by reporting online, by mail or by fax.
- Report complaints about health products to Health Canada by calling toll-free at 1?800?267?9675, or complete an online complaint form.
- Be aware of the risks of buying drugs online.
BackgroundThe website sarms.ca has advertised various unauthorized drug products for sale, such as:
- Clomid (clomiphene), salbutamol, tadalafil, and tamoxifen are prescription drugs that should be used only under the supervision of a health care professional. Prescription drugs can cause serious side effects and interact with other drugs or foods. Clomid is used in women to treat some types of infertility, salbutamol is used to treat asthma and other respiratory disorders involving narrowing of the airways, tadalafil is used to treat erectile dysfunction, and tamoxifen is used to treat certain types of breast cancer.
- Clenbuterol is a veterinary drug and is not authorized for human use in Canada.
- Andarine, ostarine and trestolone are drugs (trestolone is also subject to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) that are not authorized in Canada for any use, which means they have not been reviewed by Health Canada for safety, effectiveness and quality.
- Cardarine is another drug that is not authorized in Canada for any use. The sarms.ca website also lists cardarine as GW501516. All clinical development of GW501516 was stopped when toxicities, including various cancers, were discovered following routine, long-term animal studies.
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- Risks of buying drugs over the internet
- Risks of buying natural health products online
- Risks of buying medical devices from the internet
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SOURCE Health Canada