Don't let unlicensed pharmacies dispense in New Mexico!

(Don't live in New Mexico?  Write a letter to your own Senators here.)

Congress thinks letting unlicensed foreign pharmacies dispense in New Mexico is a great money-saving idea.  It's a dangerous and foolish idea.

Several Senators, including Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), think that letting patients order medications from unlicensed foreign pharmacies is a great idea to save money.   Their proposals allow unlicensed foreign fake pharmacies to dispense in New Mexico.  Senator Heinirich has even co-sponsored one of these proposals (S.469)

Your Senators need to hear from licensed pharmacists that this is dangerous to patients! This two step process is really short.

  • Step 1: Enter your information for signing your letter. (We'll look up your Senators)
  • Step 2: Read your letter, confirm and send!

Why does it require things like Prefix (Mr, Ms, etc) and my phone number and email address? Are you going to call me, or sell that information? Because of so much spam, Senate offices require that we collect and deliver to them information for people submitting letters such as Prefix, Phone, and Email address. We will not call you based upon the information you submit here. If you check the box to stay informed we will add you to our own in-house email list, but not sell, rent, loan, give or share it with anyone else.

 

The New Mexico Pharmacists Association and the Partnership for Safe Medicines have teamed up!  We want to help pharmacists speak up about the dangers to patient safety from unlicensed foreign pharmacies.

Have Americans been hurt by unlicensed pharmacies dispensing to Americans?

You could ask the family of Betty Hunter, who received a counterfeit cancer drug and succumbed to her cancer, if they are concerned.  Or the American patients at hundreds of oncology clinics who did business with the same fake drug smugglers.

Or the family of Marcia Bergeron who took a counterfeit laced with heavy metals and died of toxic metals poisoning.

What do the experts think?

Four former FDA Commissioners, appointed by both Republican and Democratic administrations have stated that importation will not achieve cost savings and is dangerous to patients.

Pharmacies and pharmacists are licensed to protect patient safety. When patient safety relies on the honor system, patients get hurt.