Sex Pill Restitution Fund Set: Consumers who...

Sex Pill Restitution Fund Set: Consumers who bought pills that were supposed to enhance men’s sex lives have 90 days to claim a piece of a $1-million restitution fund set up by seven companies that sold the pills. The 90-day period started on Thursday after principals of the companies paid the money into a fund, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors and postal authorities claimed the pills--Nitrocet HP, Nitrox 2000, Duke Ts’ao’s Special Formula and Thoroughbred--didn’t work and could harm some users. In January, the principals of the companies agreed to establish the restitution fund and never again try to sell any type of sexual potency or health-related products. The main ingredient, arginine, is an essential amino acid and part of a regular diet, but it can sicken people with kidney problems, according to Samuel D. Uretsky, a pharmacology professor at New York University Medical Center who examined the pills for the government.