SILVER SPRING, Md., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued safety alerts about a number of products, including

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• an instant coffee sold online for sexual enhancement that can cause dangerously low blood pressure
• a fraudulent flu product that can be life-threatening to people who are allergic to penicillin
• certain inhaled asthma drugs that require special precautions to use them safely

These and other alerts were prompted by reports that FDA received from health care professionals and patients through the agency's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting Program.

Learn more about these safety alerts and what to do if you've used one of the affected products at

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm217775.htm

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SOURCE U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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