Save a little but lose big online
How much can you "save" by buying cheap drugs over the Internet?
Be careful, consumers. You may, in fact, be paying for dangerous knockoffs that could cost a lot more than you bargained for.
In August, knockoffs of Johnson & Johnson's OneTouch Test Strips were traced to China. One year prior, they had surfaced in 700 pharmacies across 35 U.S. states and Canada.
In July, police in China seized a ton of fake Viagra tablets, a million counterfeit diabetes strips, and a huge store of knockoff Tamiflu cap-sules destined for Internet sale.
By MARV SHEPHERD
10 November 2007