But users have also described troubling side effects like headaches, a common enough problem that some packages boast of a "new formula" that comes with "no headache." In rare cases, people who took the pills have suffered life-threatening injuries.Ī FairWarning review of FDA data since 2018 found 49 reports of problems ranging from penile pain and heart palpitations to congestive heart failure and coma. Men who tried them have reported that they are surprisingly effective.
Rhino pills, as the many products named for the horned beast are known, are a familiar sight at gas stations all over the country. In recent months, the FDA has issued health warnings about more than 50 sex supplements, including the "Rhino 88 Extreme 9000," the "Rhino 69 Power 500k," and the "Rhino 69 Platinum 75000." The FDA has also warned about brands called "Black Stallion," "Stiff Nights," and "Thumbs Up 7," among others. But he was just one of many players profiting from the sale of sex pills with hidden drugs, and his products were a fraction of the questionable supplements still for sale in the U.S. Lee is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to illegally importing bulk quantities of prescription drugs and faces up to three years in prison. He put an aggressive-looking rhinoceros on the label, and over the next several years shipped 10,000 capsules of "Rhino 69 9000" or "Rhino 8 8000" to distributors in Maryland and Texas, according an indictment by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana, California. In 2015, Nam Hyun Lee, a South Korean living in Southern California, got into the lucrative business of making herbal, over-the-counter sex supplements for men.
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