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Read MoreCounterfeit Drug Incident Encyclopedia View larger map Criminals make billions of dollars creating and selling counterfeit medications around the world. These drugs can be difficult to detect, but detecting them is important, because counterfeits can be a death sentence for the patients who end up taking them. Fake drugs deny patients effective treatment, promote drug resistant strains of diseases, and…
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Americans are searching for less expensive medication, but also want assurance that the drugs they rely on are safe, untainted and regulated to ensure quality. PSM’s Safe Savings handout offers patients safe strategies to find their prescription medicines at lower prices.
Read MoreDownload your own copy of the SAFEMEDICINES S.A.F.E.D.R.U.G. guide in English. This eight-step checklist will help you judge whether your medications are safe and provides tips on what to do if you think a drug has been compromised. Sample: Request a sample from your physician when you are first prescribed a medication to help you establish a “baseline” of a…
Read MoreFacts About Importing Drugs From Canada Drugs from Canada don’t always come from Canada. According to President of CanaRX, a Canadian Web site that sells online, 70 percent of drugs sold to Americans from Canada are made elsewhere, so the drug you think you’re importing from Canada probably comes from a third world country with less stringent protections than either…
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There are a lot of shady ingredients that go into counterfeit medications that consumers can be exposed to by buying directly from unlicensed drug sellers on the internet, or when medical professionals purchase medications from outside the secured supply chain.
Here is a compendium of five types of poison that investigators have found in counterfeit medications.
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This is the web version of PSM’s patient handout “Save Money Safely on Your Prescriptions from Online Pharmacies,” which advises patients how to choose a safe online pharmacy.
Read MoreAnti-counterfeiting and supply chain security news from SecuringIndustry.com SecuringIndustry.com is a free-to-access information service that covers the issues surrounding supply chain and brand security. Our aim is to provide practical advice and intelligence to help manufacturers define and pursue their own strategies for tackling crime including counterfeiting, product diversion, adulteration and theft. We cover key developments in: coding and track-and-trace technologies; the evolution of data standards; overt, covert and forensic authentication…
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