--- title: Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra description: Chinese distillers allegedly spiked some of their spirits with viagra, officials said Sunday. canonical: https://time.com/3981543/viagra-alcohol-china/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-02T20:32:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:55.541Z og:title: Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra og:description: Erectile dysfunction drugs added to "health-preserving" liquor og:url: https://time.com/3981543/viagra-alcohol-china/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6358518b9dc26/69885d7d0b72e3dca76e531f/viagra-alcohol-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Viagra Alcohol China og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra twitter:description: Erectile dysfunction drugs added to "health-preserving" liquor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6358518b9dc26/69885d7d0b72e3dca76e531f/viagra-alcohol-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Aug 2, 2015 8:32 PM CUT  (GERMANY OUT) potency pill Viagra ( 100mg ) - blue / Pfizer (Photo by Raupach/ullstein bild via Getty Images) (GERMANY OUT) potency pill Viagra ( 100mg ) - blue / Pfizer (Photo by Raupach/ullstein bild via Getty Images)Raupach/ullstein bild—Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Aug 2, 2015 8:32 PM CUT Two distillers are under investigation in China for allegedly spiking their alcohol with the anti-impotence drug Viagra, officials said on Saturday. Chinese investigators discovered over 5,300 bottles suspected of being tainted with sildenafil, the chemical name for Viagra, during a routine inspection of the two distilleries in the southern city of Liuzhou, [_BBC_ reports.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33751212 "undefined") According to [the city’s food and drug administration](http://www.gxlzfda.gov.cn/gzdt/201508/t20150801%5F812001.html "undefined"), the powdery white drug was added into three different types of “health-preserving” [_baijiu_](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-17/baijiu-china-s-potent-liquor-is-poised-to-try-to-make-a-splash-in-the-u-s- "undefined")_,_ a popular spirit analogous to vodka. Some bottles also contained naproxen and indomethacin, which are anti-inflammatory drugs, and tadafil, which is a different erectile dysfunction drug sold as Cialis or Adcirca. [Food safety](http://time.com/3265220/baidu-smart-chopsticks/ "undefined") remains a top public health concern in China, with a scandal involving 100,000 tons of [rotting meat](http://time.com/3933411/china-meat-40-years-food-safety-smuggled/ "undefined") making headlines just weeks ago. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33751212 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3981543/viagra-alcohol-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3981543/viagra-alcohol-china/"},"headline":"Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra","datePublished":"2015-08-02T20:32:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:55.541Z","description":"Erectile dysfunction drugs added to \"health-preserving\" liquor","url":"https://time.com/3981543/viagra-alcohol-china/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","China"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6358518b9dc26/69885d7d0b72e3dca76e531f/viagra-alcohol-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6358518b9dc26/69885d7d0b72e3dca76e531f/viagra-alcohol-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Viagra Alcohol China","caption":"Viagra Alcohol China","creditText":"Raupach/ullstein bild—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3981543/viagra-alcohol-china/","name":"Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra"}}]}] ```