Posts Tagged ‘fake drugs’
FDA warns consumers not to use counterfeit Ozempic (semaglutide) found in U.S. drug supply chain
FDA continues to investigate counterfeit Ozempic (semaglutide) injection 1 milligram (mg) in the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain and has seized thousands of units of the product. FDA is aware of five adverse events from this lot.
[...]New report from DEA says cartels are driving fake pills, and fake pills are driving drug deaths
The annual DEA National Threat Assessment, which covers 2019 and the first half of 2020, is the best source of unclassified data on drug smuggling, illicit substance trafficking, and counterfeit medications as it affects Americans. Watch our News of the Week video at right, or read the high points on our Twitter thread. Below you’ll…
[...]#FakePillsKill Three Young Adults Share Their Experiences with Fake Drugs
De‘Anna described her first experience with what she now knows was a counterfeit pill: “My first time taking a pill that was cut, a counterfeit pill, I blacked out, and woke up vomiting.” She also described losing her partner to a fake pill, who died from one when he was just 21.
[...]Drug Counterfeiters Never Sleep: How Fake Drug Makers and Other Scammers are Exploiting COVID-19
“What we don’t need in this situation are companies preying on consumers by promoting products with fraudulent prevention and treatment claims. These warning letters are just the first step. We’re prepared to take enforcement actions against companies that continue to market this type of scam.”
[...]Counterfeit Medicine Purchased Online Permanently Alters Man’s Vision
A new study was just released that documented that permanent damage done to a 31-year-old man after he ingested a counterfeit medicine he purchased online. Even after more than a year since this happened to him, the structural changes to the man’s eyes mean that he sees everything with a red tint…
[...]Miami-Dade County Woman Indicted For Performing Illegal Silicone Injections
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted a woman in south Florida who was illegally injecting silicone into the bodies of her clients for body contouring purposes. The FDA has never approved silicone injects for this purpose due possible consequences including pulmonary embolism, infection, chest pain, and death…
[...]Breath Fresheners Substituted for Legitimate Medicine in $50M Diverted Pill Scheme
The former president of Cumberland Distribution, Inc. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a 32-month long scheme that saw over $50 million of diverted drugs shipped to pharmacies around the country, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Indicted in January 2013 along with co-conspirators Charles Jeffrey Edwards and…
[...]Illegal Pill Factory in Stamford Connecticut Was Producing Thousands of Carfentanil-Laced Fake Percocet Pills
A Westover, Connecticut man is under arrest, and authorities there have uncovered a counterfeit Percocet factory in a barn that was producing enough carfentanil pills to kill half the population of Stamford
[...]Prison Sentence for Arizona Man Arrested Carrying 2,000 Fake Pills Made with Fentanyl
A Phoenix area man has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for transporting thousands of fentanyl-laced pills into Arizona.
[...]The Growing Nexus Between Narcos and Counterfeit Medicines
Netflix DEA NARCOS agents Javier Pena (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) and Steve Murphy (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) describe the growing nexus between illicit drug traffickers and counterfeit medicines.
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