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The FDA is warning Amazon to do something about \u201cbootleg Viagra\u201d found on its platform, misleadingly disguised as men\u2019s energy or health supplements. In a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to Amazon dated December 20th, the agency\u00a0threatened legal action and listed seven different products available on the e-commerce platform with ingredients found in Viagra and Cialis. With outlandish names and brightly colored, cartoonish labels, it would be hard to confuse them with real-deal prescription drugs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n But a recent\u00a0investigation<\/a>\u00a0by the FDA found several\u00a0supplements or powders<\/a>\u00a0sold on the e-commerce platform\u00a0contained either sildenafil or tadalafil (the active ingredients in Cialis and Viagra) and failed to disclose it: MANNERS Energy Boost, Round 2, WeFun, Genergy, Big Guys Male Energy Supplement, Men\u2019s Maximum Energy Supplement, and X Max Triple Shot Energy Honey. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Amazon spokesperson Samantha Boyd writes in an email to The Verge <\/em>that the products were removed from the site before the December letter. The agency had identified the products<\/a> individually throughout the year. \u201cSafety is a top priority at Amazon. We require all products offered in our store to comply with applicable laws and regulations.\u00a0Following the FDA\u2019s previous guidance, we removed the products in question\u00a0earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In its letter<\/a>, the FDA also told Amazon to explain how it will prevent similar mislabeled drugs from showing up on its platform in the future, saying, \u201cYou are responsible for investigating and determining the causes of any violations and for preventing their recurrence or the occurrence of other violations.\u201d The company has not commented on what it plans to do in response. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Both Viagra and Cialis are in a group of medications known as PDE-5 inhibitors<\/a>, which also lower blood pressure. This can be dangerous or even fatal to people with heart problems<\/a>. Many of these products likely surfaced when customers searched for \u201cViagra\u201d or \u201cerectile dysfunction\u201d on Amazon, though some were also marketed as health supplements \u2014 containing ingredients like royal jelly, ginseng, and even honey. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Amazon has long had a problem with third-party sellers selling counterfeit drugs and medical products<\/a>, this most recent case with bootleg Viagra is the opposite problem: products with actual prescription ingredients that are mislabeled as harmless OTC health supplements. A search for \u201cviagra\u201d still delivers a long list of results<\/a> for men\u2019s health and energy supplements, some of which use similar language as the ones the FDA identified. Some are explicitly marketed as treatments to improve men\u2019s sexual performance or boost their libido. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n