Posts Tagged ‘Counterfeits in Canada’
Woman dies after buying and ingesting drugs she purchased on line
VANCOUVER/CKNW – A BC coroner has ruled a Quadra island woman who died after buying and ingesting a number of drugs she purchased on line suffered from cardiac arrhythmia brought on by metal toxicity. And the report highlights the dangers of buying drugs on line. Marcia Ann Bergeron was 58 years old. She is believed…
[...]Pharmacist, Patient Groups Call for Inquest into B.C. Counterfeit-Pills Death
OTTAWA, March 22 /CNW Telbec/ – A coalition of Canadian pharmacists and patients today called on the Regional Coroner for Vancouver Island to hold an inquest into the death of a British Columbia woman who died apparently after taking counterfeit pills she ordered online from a purported Canadian internet pharmacy. The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA),…
[...]4 Deaths Tied to Counterfeit Drugs Dispensed at Ontario, Canada Pharmacy
View larger map King West Pharmacy in Hamilton, Ontario came under scrutiny and the pharmacist of record there was arrested after 11 people died after being prescribed what turned out to be counterfeit versions of Norvasc, a Pfizer heart medication. The pills were actually made of talcum powder. Who: Ontario Regional Coroner’s Office, Royal Canadian…
[...]Coroner to look at 6th death in Hamilton pharmacy probe
A sixth person’s death may be connected to a pharmacy in Hamilton, Ont., that is being investigated over allegations it sold counterfeit heart medication, regional coroner Dr. David Eden said Friday. Fri, 24 Jun 2005 CBC News Read the full story at cbc.ca.
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