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[...]Poisons in Counterfeit Medications
Road paint, antifreeze, and heavy metals have all been found in counterfeit drugs…and more. Investigators have discovered all of these poisons, and many others, in medications purchased online from fake pharmacies. Medications that have sickened patients, and even killed some. Counterfeiters ply their trade anywhere they can find breaks in the closed, secure U.S.…
[...]One of these is fake
Real and Counterfeit Tamilfu Picture by the FDA via Flickr. No. Many of the counterfeit drugs in circulation today are so carefully made that even the experts cannot detect them by sight alone. They have to use special laboratory equipment to assess the chemical composition of the product in order to match it to…
[...]266 Online Pharmacies Are Legal
266. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) surveys the online pharmacy market quarterly. Their last survey released in January 2012 found that only 266 appear to be potentially legitimate, and only 67 actually have been accredited through the NABP’s Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites program. Correspondingly, there are 7,230 sites that do not…
[...]Are Canadian Online Pharmacies Really In Canada
No. Anyone can call themselves a “Canadian” online pharmacy. In fact, a recent survey by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy found that 34% of all online pharmacies are obscuring their actual location. And even when they are actually completing your sale in Canada, your medication is shipped from a location somewhere else in…
[...]Are Canadian Online Pharmacies in Canada
No. Anyone can call themselves a “Canadian” pharmacy. In fact, a recent survey by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, found that 34% of all online pharmacies are obscuring their actual location. And even when they are actually completing your sale in Canada, your medication is shipped from a location somewhere else in the…
[...]Does the FDA Regulate Canadian Online Pharmacies?
No. And since many of them don’t hold pharmacy licenses in Canada, they aren’t regulated by the Canadian health authorities either. These so-called “Canadian” online pharmacies avoid scrutiny by the Canadian authorities by never selling to Canadian citizens. This way they can’t be considered a pharmacy in Canada, and the Canadian pharmacy regulators ignore…
[...]2 Sentenced for Smuggling Counterfeit Medicines Into US Via Internet
Two Israeli citizens pleaded guilty to smuggling counterfeit and misbranded drugs in the US, announced FDA-OCI. Said OCI, “Both men operated an Internet business in Israel that used multiple websites… to illegally sell large amounts of prescription drugs to U.S. purchasers…generating approximately $1,475,363 in gross proceeds.”
[...]Medicine Theft Ring Arrested for $70 Million Warehouse Pilfering
Two Cuban brothers were indicted by federal authorities for the theft of more than $70 million in prescription drugs from an Eli Lilly & Co. warehouse the night of March 13, 2010. The Connecticut warehouse break-in required the criminals to slide through a whole cut in the warehouse roof, down a rope, in order to…
[...]Top 9 Health Risks Women Face from Counterfeit Medication
It’s Women’s Health Week. Do you know what risks women face from counterfeit medications?
How can disfiguration, uterine infection, diabetic shock, and post-partum hemorrhage be the results of purchasing medications outside the secure U.S. drug supply from fake online pharmacies?
Learn about how these conditions can be the result of purchasing fake medications and about what other illnesses, and even death, can be caused by counterfeit medications.
Read more about the TOP 9 HEALTH RISKS women face from counterfeit medication.
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