Poisons in Counterfeit Medications

Road paint, antifreeze, and heavy metals have all been found in counterfeit drugs…and more.

Investigators have discovered all of these poisons, and many others, in medications purchased online from fake pharmacies. Medications that have sickened patients, and even killed some.

Counterfeiters ply their trade anywhere they can find breaks in the closed, secure U.S. drug supply chain.

Don’t break the closed, secure U.S. drug supply chain.  It protects American patients from the global counterfeit drug problem.

Learn what else you don’t know about drug importation.

Interested in learning more about poisons found in counterfeit medications? Play around with the flash animation below to learn about medications poisoned by counterfeiters.