missmuffet Posted November 10, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted November 10, 2019 There has been a growing list of counterfeit drugs in our world today. Especially in the United States. In the past you mostly heard of it from getting drugs off the internet. I have recently dealt with this issue with a family member. It could be serious to take a medication and it turns out to have no medication in it at all. It is fake. You can not tell the difference by looking at it. It looks exactly like the legitimate drug you have been taking. I am not pleased with the way the FDA is handling it. This is an interesting recent article dealing with this issue: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/a-tiny-pharmacy-is-identifying-big-problems-with-common-drugs-including-zantac/2019/11/08/6dd009ca-eb76-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equippers Posted November 10, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 138 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1,214 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 1,163 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/28/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted November 10, 2019 6 hours ago, missmuffet said: There has been a growing list of counterfeit drugs in our world today. Especially in the United States. In the past you mostly heard of it from getting drugs off the internet. I have recently dealt with this issue with a family member. It could be serious to take a medication and it turns out to have no medication in it at all. It is fake. You can not tell the difference by looking at it. It looks exactly like the legitimate drug you have been taking. I am not pleased with the way the FDA is handling it. This is an interesting recent article dealing with this issue: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/a-tiny-pharmacy-is-identifying-big-problems-with-common-drugs-including-zantac/2019/11/08/6dd009ca-eb76-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html i just browsed through the article, it appears to be more about qualities of drugs as oppose to counterfeit drugs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted November 10, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Equippers said: i just browsed through the article, it appears to be more about qualities of drugs as oppose to counterfeit drugs. It is the same thing. If the ingredients are not what they are supposed to be in a drug it affects the quality of the drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted November 11, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,561 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,041 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted November 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Equippers said: i just browsed through the article, it appears to be more about qualities of drugs as oppose to counterfeit drugs. I read the entire article. It is about a company with a vested interest in it's own reports, and to some degree their findings being different than the FDA's findings. I personally see no comparison between counterfeiting  and  quality control reports that differ between a government agency and a private company that has a vested interest in their own report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted November 11, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Fake drugs you could be getting at your local pharmacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPassingThru Posted November 12, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,979 Content Per Day: 0.98 Reputation: 2,112 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/23/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted November 12, 2019 There has to be a reason "generic" drugs are cheaper, ...it's only logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted November 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 1 minute ago, JustPassingThru said: There has to be a reason "generic" drugs are cheaper, ...it's only logical. No, you are not getting the point. If you have a medication and the medication is not in the pill and it is just a sugar pill it can be dangerous. It can even kill some people who rely on those medications. There has even been some chemotherapy drugs that have been counterfeit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted November 12, 2019 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/09/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted November 12, 2019 40 minutes ago, JustPassingThru said: There has to be a reason "generic" drugs are cheaper, ...it's only logical. two things come to mind ...the research and development in making a brand name drug is costly and then the advertising of it then once patent expires others sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted November 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted November 12, 2019 1 hour ago, missmuffet said: No, you are not getting the point. If you have a medication and the medication is not in the pill and it is just a sugar pill it can be dangerous. It can even kill some people who rely on those medications. There has even been some chemotherapy drugs that have been counterfeit. Ah! This clarifies everything. What it indicates is black market " knock-off " (fake) invasion into the medicinal supply. Sounds potentially threatening to honest mainstream pharmaceuticals. Not good news at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted November 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 2 hours ago, BeauJangles said: Ah! This clarifies everything. What it indicates is black market " knock-off " (fake) invasion into the medicinal supply. Sounds potentially threatening to honest mainstream pharmaceuticals. Not good news at all. This is how it works. A person approaches the chemist making the meds and says " Here is $2,000.00 for you to take the meds I have and give me the the meds you are making. It saves the company millions. If you have a person who has pneumonia and is taking an antibiotic and the pill does not contain the antibiotic but is just a sugar pill it could kill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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