Alarming number of counterfeit drugs reach patients
Drugs, even prescription drugs, can be dangerous. Millions of Americans take one or more pharmaceutical drugs every day and the pharmaceutical industry rakes in billions of dollars every year. Most of these drugs are as safe as they can be, and your pharmacist is a valuable gate-keeper that deals with the drug manufacturers, the insurance industry and your health care provider.
But even Over-The-Counter (OTC) drugs can be dangerous. Nobody knows just how their body will react to a new drug until they take that first dose.
By Philip Alden
04 June 2007