クーパンで買ったサプリ「偽物だった」…肝機能数値が2倍に=韓国
Supplements purchased from online retailer Coupan turned out to be fake...Liver function values doubled = Korea
There have been cases where liver function values rose to more than twice the normal level after taking counterfeit vitamin B supplements purchased from Coupang, a major Korean online retailer.
According to an MBC report on the 17th, the 56-year-old Lee purchased a vitamin B supplement made by a famous American manufacturer at Coupang two months ago for half the regular price.
The cases, logos, and ingredient lists were so similar that they were indistinguishable at first glance, but when the packages were opened, the contents were somehow different. The real thing was apricot-colored, but the product that Lee bought was white,
As expected, after taking the supplement for about a month, Lee began to have health problems. Before taking the supplement, Lee's liver function values were in the normal range, but after taking the supplement on January 27th,
When he stopped taking the supplements as advised by his doctor, his liver function values went down again.
Lee, who suffers from an autoimmune disease, has been undergoing liver function tests every month, but
When I visited the office of the manufacturer of the problematic supplements, I found only the packages returned by customers and no one to meet me.
A person involved with the shopping district said, "I haven't seen people coming and going, but I have seen the boxes placed there."
Coupang said it had processed the refund and that "the seller of this product
We have taken measures to permanently halt sales of the product and will continue to monitor the situation to prevent similar cases from recurring."
2025/02/18 12:00 KST
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