Fake medicines 'a growing menace'
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The European Union is warned to take steps to combat the growing problem of counterfeit drugs.
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Mexican authorities are investigating the sale of fake or substandard medicine in a border town so popular among Americans seeking cheap medications that it has more pharmacies than streets.    U.S...
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Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, official figures show.
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Half of men buying the impotence drug Viagra online are getting counterfeit tablets, study findings suggest. Dr Nic Wilson from the University of London tested Internet-sold samples using a new technique that accurately spots the ingredients of tablets.
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A media exhibit featuring a campaign for a fake drug to treat a fictitious illness is causing a stir because some people think the illness is real.
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Thatâs right! We should not be seeking out and buying prescription drugs that rightfully belong to our Canadian neighbors. By filling prescriptions at Canadian pharmacies, we are threatening the very quality
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Testing has found fake versions of Lipitor and other widely used prescription drugs in orders purchased through Web sites linked to a Canadian pharmacy, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
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A report last week tying the Type 2 diabetes pill Avandia to increased risk for heart attack and heart-related deaths prompted a flood of calls to local doctors and Internet postings from patients seeking advice about whether to continue taking the commonly prescribed medication.
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Health authorities in Canada and Massachusetts are warning consumers of the risk from China-made counterfeit toothpaste after more tainted products were found, deepening concern about the safety of Chinese goods.
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Vaccines for sale online can be dangerous, and sellers could be perpetrating credit card fraud.
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As many as half of the Viagra anti-impotence pills sold on the Internet could be counterfeit, British scientists said on Tuesday.
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often via spam-style blastings that plague mailboxes worldwide -- is fake, a British researcher said Tuesday. Dr. Nic Wilson of the School of Pharmacy
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Abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers, sedatives and other medicines potent enough to kill, a global watchdog warned Wednesday.
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Medics fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest in using drugs for law enforcement.
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New studies are raising questions about whether drugs that have been used by millions of cancer patients might actually be harming them.
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There is concern British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are being treated with a drug that has not been fully tested and licensed.
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The illicit availability of appetite suppressant pills online is fuelling a slimming obsession and putting lives at risk, experts warn.