Colorado veterinarian warns of counterfeit pet medicines sold online

A Colorado Springs veterinarian tells the story of a friend whose dogs became ill after she gave them heartworm prevention medicine she ordered online.

A Colorado Springs veterinarian tells the story of a friend whose dogs became ill after she gave them heartworm prevention medicine she ordered online. “What I have discovered is that there is no reliable measure of the frequency of counterfeit, expired, adulterated, inactivated or improperly stored and handled medication in the online pharmacy industry, on both the human side and the animal side,” the vet writes.

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