>>> AS WE MENTIONED, EMPLOYEES AT THE BROTHEL WHERE LAMAR ODOM WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS SAY THEY SAW HIM USE COCAINE AS WELL AS HERBAL SUPPLEMENT TABLETS. IN THE CASE OF THE HERBAL SUPPLEMENT, A LEGAL PRODUCT, SOMETHING SOLD AT THE BROTHEL AND OTHER PLACES, A SUPPLEMENT THE BROTHEL OWNER SAYS IS HERBAL VIAGRA. IT'S HERBAL AND LEGAL, IS IT SAFE? >> Reporter: IT'S AVAILABLE NEARLY EVERYWHERE, GAS STATIONS, SEX SHOPS, AND ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH DOZENS OF BRANDS. IT'S CALLED HERBAL VYIIAGRA BUT IT'S NOT REAL VIAGRA. THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WARNED ABOUT SOME OF THE PRODUCTS, STIFF NIGHTS, KING OF ROMANCE, BLACK PANTHER, RHINO BLITZ. IN STUDIES FOUNDED BY PFIZER, DR. ERWIN GOLDSTEIN INVESTIGATED 58 DIFFERENT BRANDS. >> IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT WE FOUND FROM RAT POISON TO COMMERCIAL PAINT TO HEAVY METALS, TO EVEN DRUGS THAT DID OTHER THINGS.
WE FOUND DRUGS THAT LOWERED BLOOD SUGAR, JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE QUALITY OF THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE IS IS POOR. >> Reporter: AND IT'S BIG BUSINESS. >> UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE BASED OVERSEAS AND FLY BY NIGHT OPERATION. >> Reporter: THE SUPPLEMENT INDUSTRY IS NOT AS TIGHTLY REGULATED AS THE DRUG INDUSTRY. THE FDA FOUND THESE SUPPLEMENTS CONTAIN AN UNDECLARED INGREDIENT FOUND IN VIAGRA. IN LARGE DOSES IT MAY LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE. >> PEOPLE WANT THIS STUFF. PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE WARNINGS WHEN THEY ARE FACED WITH THE INEVIDENCEBILITY THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND MAY NOT BE GOOD PERFORMERS. >> Reporter: DOES IT WORK? MAYBE IF IT CONTAINS ENOUGH VIAGRA AND THE PLACEBO EFFECT CAN BE HUGE. IT MIGHT WORK BECAUSE A MAN THINKS IT WORKS. >> ELIZABETH, DO WE KNOW HOW THIS HERBAL VIAGRA INTERACTS WITH OTHER DRUGS LIKE COCAINE FOR EXAMPLE? >> ANDERSON, IN MANY WAYS WE DON'T BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN IT AS EXPERTS SAID. IT'S RUSSIAN ROULETTE, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL TURN UP IN YOUR BACH BUT ONE THING WE KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY QUITE LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN VIAGRA OR SIMILAR DRUG AND HERE IS THE ISSUE, YOU TAKE A LOT OF ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN A DRUG LIKE V VIAGRA AND YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE COULD DROP DANGEROUSLY LOW AND ON TOP OF THAT YOU'RE TAKING COCAINE.
YOU GOT TWO DRUGS ACTING ON YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHICH IS WHY EVERY HEALTH AUTHORITY.