NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City 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 forced him to seek hospital treatment.

The lawsuit filed by Care health his love man take when wont Woods, of Manhattan, said he bought the nutrition beverage, which is made by the Swiss-based Novartis pharmaceutical company, at a drugstore June 5, 2004.

 

Novartis&39; court papers said he woke up the next morning “with an erection that would not subside” and sought treatment for the condition, called severe priapism. They said Woods, 29, had surgery that day for implantation of a Winter shunt, which moves blood from one area to another.

 

The lawsuit, filed late Monday, said Woods had problems that days later required a hospital visit and penile artery embolization, a way of closing blood vessels. Closing off some blood flow prevents canberra clinic health sexual of the penis with blood and lessens the likelihood of an erection.

 

Woods&39; lawyer did not return telephone calls for comment Tuesday.

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