Love honey: the ‘erectile nectar’ causing a storm in France
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Young men are flocking to buy this ‘natural supplement’ – but it contains pure Viagra, is being seized by customs officials and has prompted widespread health warnings. Name: Love honey. Age: On the radar since 2021. Appearance: To the naked eye, it’s a simple sachet of golden nectar.
What is it, exactly? It’s an erectile dysfunction treatment, babe. Apologise for that. Sorry. It’s a honey-based supplement sold “for recreational purposes”. Recreational purposes? You mean like going on the swings? Sure, if that’s your thing. But it also contains a powerful all-natural ingredient that mimics the aphrodisiacal effects of Viagra.
And what is that magical ingredient? Viagra. That doesn’t sound even a little bit natural. It’s not. Marketed under names such as Black Horse or Jaguar Power, these unregulated, drug-laced supplements have become a bit of a craze. Where might I come across this honey for a friend who was asking just now? In France.
Seems like a long way to go. That’s where the craze is. The so-called erectile honey is sold in late night convenience stores and online. In November alone, customs officials in Marseilles seized 13.9 tonnes of the stuff. It’s hard to picture that much erectile honey. It’s about 800,000 individual doses. Last year proved a record year for seizures of the honey, mainly imported from Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey, despite widespread health warnings.
Health warnings, you say? The problem is that the levels of sildenafil or tadalafil – the active ingredients in Viagra and Cialis – can vary widely from dose to dose. These powerful vasodilators may interact with other medications, potentially causing heart problems, acute kidney failure or worse.
