Archive for April 2012
Pills Containing Heavy Metal Toxins Found in Circulation in China
AFP has reported that Chinese authorities have detained 22 people accused of making drug capsules using chromium, a toxic metal that can cause kidney, liver, and blood cell damage. 13 Chinese manufactured medications have been removed from domestic circulation due to excessive chromium levels.
[...]Chromium
Chrome Alum Crystalsby Paul’s La via Flickr.
[...]Best Source for an STD Cure: Your Doctor
Consumers also need to know that only prescription medications purchased from legitimate pharmacies can treat STD, and to avoid so-called over-the-counter cures as well as prescription medications purchased from questionable sources.
[...]Bogus STD Medications Identified by the FDA
Beware of Bogus STD Products by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration via Flickr.
[...]Rise in Counterfeit Drugs Prompts Pharmacy Students’ Public Health Project
In light of the rise in counterfeit drugs, two North Dakota State University students have chosen to take an active role in educating other health care providers, as well as the public. Third year pharmacy students Nick O’Rourke and Tegan Buckley recently presented an informational poster to illuminate this problem.
[...]Chinese National Flees Justice After Counterfeit Drug Importation Conviction
View larger map Chinese national En Wang 32, has fled justice on his counterfeit drug conviction. Once he had been convicted of conspiring to traffic fake medications, Wang, while free on bond, fled the United States just prior to his sentencing. Wang was subsequently sentenced in absentia to 33 months in federal prison without parole…
[...]New York Pharmacists Indicted for Purchasing Black Market HIV Drugs for Resale
View larger map Pharmacists in Brooklyn and Suffolk County who worked for MOMs specialty HIV Medication Pharmacy have been charged with allegedly re-selling HIV and AIDS medications to patients that had been illegally obtained on the black market. The medications were mislabeled and potentially mishandled and expired. MOMs and their parent company Allion Healthcare then…
[...]FDA Alert: Second Counterfeit Version of Cancer Drug Found in U.S.
This is a reprint of the FDA alert. Altuzan (bevacizumab): Counterfeit Product – Contains no Active Ingredient ISSUE: FDA lab tests have confirmed that a counterfeit version of Roche’s Altuzan 400mg/16ml (bevacizumab),an injectable cancer medication, found in the U.S. contains no active ingredient. Even if the identified drugs were not counterfeit, Altuzan is not approved…
[...]2nd Instance of Counterfeit Cancer Treatment Drug Found in United States: April 3, 2012
View larger map A second instance of a counterfeit version of the cancer therapy drug Avastin, labeled Altuzan (as it is labeled in Turkey) has been found in the United States, announced the FDA. Vials of the medication were tested at FDA labs and found not to contain the active ingredients, according to the FDA.…
[...]3 Risks You Take When Buying Antibiotics Online
Purchasing antibiotics without a prescription online can lead you to receiving antibiotics without the proper therapeutic doses or possibly no doses. When an individual purchases antibiotics without a prescription they are negatively impacting public health in several ways. Take a vow for National Public Health Week that you’ll protect yourself and your family from these risks.
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