Illegal Viagra Leads 24% Jump in Counterfeit Medicine Seizures »
Posted by: STONERS 2 months, 1 week agoCounterfeit medicines are on the rise worldwide, as criminals capitalize on the growing use of the Internet by consumers searching for inexpensive drugs.
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STONERS2 months, 1 week ago
Most Counterfeited
"Pfizer's Mages says Viagra remains the world's most- counterfeited drug and accounted by volume for almost three- quarters of the illicit copies of Pfizer brands seized last year in 45 countries. The drugs are marketed on Internet sites whose operations are also global, "she says.
"While a portion of drugs identified as counterfeit lack proper ingredients or contain incorrect and misidentified dosages, authorities have also seized chemically identical duplicates created by manufacturers in China and India and shipped to the U.S. or Europe in violation of patent laws."
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STONERS2 months, 1 week ago
"U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials say they are unable to stop the flow of illegal drugs sold on the Internet."
``There are counterfeiters circulating all over the world,'' says Ilisa Bernstein, director of pharmacy affairs at the Rockville, Maryland-based FDA. ``It's hard to tell how many there are because the counterfeiters are just so good at what they do.''
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STONERS2 months, 1 week ago
``There are millions and millions and millions of these packages coming in at international mail facilities each year,'' Bernstein says. ``It's very difficult to find and catch all of these drugs that are coming in to protect patients from all these very risky drugs.''
"The FDA's claim that it can't destroy counterfeits is disputed by Representative Steven Buyer, an Indiana Republican. ``The FDA does not destroy it, the FDA becomes the enabler of the counterfeiters,'' says Buyer, who predicts counterfeit drugs will be a $100 billion global business in five years."
(( I just cant believe so many people trust these products.))
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Dicax_Maximus2 months, 1 week ago
STONERS - It's the usual human failing that crooks just love !!!
"It's so cheap, I'll try it"......
These fake drugs are responsible for a great many deaths (I'll see if I can find an article I read in the Telegraph, some time ago). IF anything, your post UNDERVALUES the trade.....
In most "regulated" countries, if your buy from the chemist (pharmacist), you've got a very good chance of getting what you pay for..... In the others, you're playing Russian Roulette.....
Good find, as there are WAY too many people who think that 'cos it's bought from the net, it MUST be OK......
Old expression - "If it looks to good to be true, it usually is !"
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Charlson2 months, 1 week ago
Representative Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat who chairs the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, says the FDA's failure to act has contributed to the flow of counterfeit drugs into the U.S. Stupak says he has repeatedly asked the FDA if it needs new laws passed to strengthen enforcement and they "have remained silent."
FDA - this is our government on drugs! Deregulation only leads to easier pickings for criminal enterprises along with the legal ones. Thanks, Bushy.
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SwampFox-82nd2 months, 1 week ago
Hey Stone, Swampie here to make yet another confession. When dudes have strokes, their ability to satisfy their (fill in the blank) is literally up for grabs. My cool doctors said to expect a change in sexual activity. Expect what, I asked warily. They said openly that they didn't know "what" to expect, but it would change. They were right, sorta'.
Suffice to say, I have no need for Viagra. I need saltpeter!
Guess that makes me into one horny critter??? Peace,
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STONERS2 months, 1 week ago
Sorry to hear that SwampFox-82nd - best of luck to ya my friend....
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KicBoxStallion2 months, 1 week ago
hey FOX, err.. remember me.. ? ..this is off topic here,
but you left me hangin back there (thread posted yesterday) where you accosted me with inexplicable vulgarity.. and ran away without replying to my response and questions back to you, REMEMBER ???
you care to explain this: and/or do you need me to refresh your memory ?
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SwampFox-82nd2 months, 1 week ago
I remember well, when someone calls me a fake without a shred of documentation to back their mouth I take issue with it.
I saw my head-doctor yesterday and he told me I was wrong to react to the posts. I agreed that I must remember you have not been where I've been. Had you, my fellow America, you wouldn't be so hot to challenge someone who was there.
However, if you think I go goo-goo with KicBoxStallion you can blow that right out your shorts, buckaroo. You probably can wipe the floor with my narly ass. Damned, dude, I am a sixty-four year old disabled veteran. But mark these words, my fellow American, when it came time to kill, I killed. That anger still resides within. I need no kicBoxStallion to teach me.
Now, how's that for a stroke victim. Frankly, from what I read you didn't serve in combat. Your mouth goes farther than your thinking does. In case you are having problems reading me, this conversation is over. I do hope I didn't leave you hanging?
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texangelwings2 months, 1 week ago
I was trying to vote on this story last evening, and Propeller kept telling me to log in, even though I had found this story, because STONERS notified me. I gave up after a while.
So, sorry for being late to voting on your story STONERS!
Until there is more inspection on all products and some laws that will help control internet sales in all countries, this will only grow get worse!
Good article, thanks STONERS!
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