Zambia banned an energy drink after discovering that it causes erections that can last up to six hours.

The Zambian authorities banned the marketing of an energy drink after discovering that viagra content and erections caused until six o'clock.

It all started after a man warned health agencies in the African country that by taking the Natural High Energy SX Energy Drink sweating, abnormal heartbeat and prolonged erection, have BBC.

After the complaint, an investigation proved that the drink contained sildenafil, the active ingredient of Viagra.

The scandal occurred in the middle of a total silence of the manufacturer of the drink, Revin Zambia. In January, Vikas Kapoor, General Manager of the company, informed Newsday BBC that the product It contained no medicine.

However, the packaging of the drink clearly indicates that even though it is used to "revitalize the body and mind", "increases libido" and it's a "aphrodisiac"

In this regard, the head of the Zambian Pharmaceutical Company, Jerome Kanyika, told the BBC that the manufacturers had to indicate the exact amounts of sildenafil citrate for the drink he would not be sold to children, women or even men who did not want to consume it because of its properties.

The ban due to side effects caused the opposite effect, according to British media. Journalist Kennedy Gondwe said that in the Zambian capital, Lusaka has increased the popularity of the product and that since the government's decision, demand has increased. "Despite the ban, they are sold in supermarkets and on the street," he said.