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Alarming number of Kenyan men addicted to sex drugs

Sex drugs are outselling even popular painkillers like Panadol (Photo: Shutterstock)

Barely 40, many Kenyan men are finding it difficult to kindle the bedroom fire unless with some medication.

“This is a cry out for help,” says Dr Peter Ongwae, a pharmacist who recently led an investigation into the ‘epidemic like’ use of sex enhancing drugs in the country.

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