NEW YORK (AP) -- A man has sued the maker of the health drink Boost Plus, claiming the vitamin-enriched beverage gave him an erection that would not subside and caused him to be hospitalized.
The lawsuit filed by Christopher Woods of New York said he bought the nutrition beverage made by the pharmaceutical company Novartis AG at a drugstore on June 5, 2004, and drank it.
Woods' court papers say he woke up the next morning ''with an erection that would not subside'' and sought treatment that day for the condition, called severe priapism.
They say Woods, 29, underwent surgery for implantation of a Winter shunt, which moves blood from one area to another. . . .
[N]ovartis' Boost Plus Web site describes the drink as ''a great tasting, high calorie, nutritionally complete oral supplement for people who require extra energy and protein in a limited volume,'' in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.
Details here from the AP via the New York Times.