"Dementia · Improving concentration" advertising overseas direct purchase products... "Shocking if it's too much."

'Brain Functional Food'...Domestic distribution through direct purchase and purchase agencies
Consumer Resources "Detecting Prohibited Ingredients for All Investigation Products"
Russian drug 'Nupept'..."No Stability Verification"
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Designates Raw Materials to Block 'Nupept' from Bringing into Korea

[Anchor]
Recently, brain function improvement products advertising that increase concentration or help prevent dementia are coming in through overseas direct purchases.

When the ingredients were tested, drugs requiring a doctor's prescription were detected, which could cause side effects such as shock, so caution is needed.

Reporter Oh Dong-gun covered it.

[Reporter]
These products are advertised to help brain functions, such as enhancing memory.

Test takers purchase through overseas direct purchases to help with concentration and elderly people purchase through overseas direct purchases to prevent dementia
A survey by the Korea Consumer Agency
found problems in all 19 products.

[Shim Sung-bo / Food and Drug Safety Team Leader, Korea Consumer Agency: Brain Function Treatment Drug Ingredients and Raw Ingredients Not Used in Food?The ingredients have been confirmed, so we have blocked sales.]

Eight products with prescription drugs were found, and raw materials that could not be used as food were also found in 12 products, and some were detected in duplicate.

In particular, a Russian drug called 'Nupept' was introduced for the first time.

Since its stability has not been verified at all, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety designated it as a raw material to block imports into Korea.

In the case of this product, it is a pure 'nupept' product. Even though the container here said to be used only in the laboratory, I could easily buy it as a purchasing agent.

The problem is the side effects.

Drugs can cause serious side effects if used without a specialist's diagnosis.

Most of them are therapeutic ingredients related to brain diseases, which can cause various side effects and in severe cases can lead to miscarriage or shock.

[Jung Geun Oh / Head of neurology department at Cheongjung Sacred Heart Hospital: Overdosing these unverified drugs without considering your underlying disease may cause shock consciousness or cognitive function to decrease when you suddenly stop taking them]

Korea Consumer Agency recommends suspension of sales of 19 products to purchasing agents,
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
has started blocking domestic distribution by requesting the Korea Customs Service to hold off on product customs clearance.

This is YTN Oh Dong-gun.



Filmmaker: Lee Dong-gyu
Design: Im Saetbyul