Warning: Fake Medication
Posted by scapozzola on 04/11/2010
Nature Medicine Magazine reports that counterfeit prescription drugs are on the rise worldwide and pose sometimes deadly problems. In fact, more than 100 countries reported incidents of fake drug sales in 2007, according to a study by the Pharmaceutical Security Institute.
Sometimes the drugs are harmless, sometimes not:
Phony drugs aren't necessarily ineffective; some are manufactured with less than the recommended dose of an active ingredient. Others, however, are essentially medication-free tablets, often containing hazardous ingredients, in packaging designed to resemble the real thing.Read more.
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