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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (7005)2/13/1999 12:41:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong  Read Replies (2) of 9523
 
Hong Kong - Crackdown on illegal Viagra sales
South China Morning Post
Saturday February 13 1999

AUDREY PARWANI

Demand for Viagra has spurred the Health Department to step up checks on
pharmacies since the anti-impotence drug hit the market earlier this week.

A medicine shop in Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan, was caught offering the drug
illegally at $200 per tablet. The shop owner, 51, is helping the department with
inquiries.

Medicine shops with no pharmacist on duty are not allowed to possess or sell the
drug.

An extra 20 officers are helping with increased checks which will continue over the
Lunar New Year, a department spokesman said.

Up until yesterday evening, 47 dispensaries and 80 medicine shops had been
covered in the inspections.

Acting Senior Pharmacist Joseph Lee Kwok-ming, who carried out the inspections,
warned people not to buy the drug without consulting a doctor.

US reports have shown that Viagra has triggered deaths in people with heart disease.
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