LUSAKA: Zambian authorities have banned an energy drink after test results showed that it contained the active ingredient of the popular anti-impotence drug Viagra.
In Uganda, a consumer complained of a prolonged erection and profuse sweating after consuming SX Energy Natural Power drink produced by Revin Zambia.
Authorities in the Zambian city of Ndola where the manufacturer is based, ordered "a product recall of natural high energy drink SX".
Ndola city spokesperson Tilyenji Mwanza said in the statement that results from Zimbabwe and South Africa correlated with those from tests conducted in Zambia which indicated "a positive presence of Sildenafil Citrate".
Revin Zambia officials were not immediately available to comment.
(With AFP inputs)