Health authorities are warning Internet shoppers against buying dodgy libido-boosting drugs that have been linked to one death and up to 90 people becoming ill worldwide.

The New Zealand Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernan, said yesterday that four products illegally marketed in Singapore as treatment for erectile dysfunction had been found to contain dangerous levels of a drug used to treat diabetes.

So far in New Zealand,  Customs and Medsafe had intercepted one product destined for New Zealand that appeared to be a counterfeit version of erectile dysfunction drug Cialis.

The drug was believed to have been bought through the Internet. Samples were being tested by Environmental Science and Research.

Singapore reports the products - Power 1 Walnut, Santi Bovine Penis Erecting Capsule, Zhong Hua Niu Bian and the fake Cialis - are believed to have caused one death, up to 30 serious illnesses and 59 adverse reactions.

All four products contain glibenclamide, a prescription medicine used to treat diabetes.

Glibenclamide lowers blood sugar and can be deadly for users who do not have diabetes.

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