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Pharmacy Fakes
With this article, SELF Magazine broke the story of adulterated and counterfeit prescription drugs entering America's pharmacies. The article revealed for the first time, that counterfeiters had systematically infiltrated the domestic drug supply, gaining access to fragile medicines and diluting or falsely relabeling them in order to reap a high profit. They exposed how most of the nation's medicine passes through a vast gray market of wholesalers, and how weak enforcement of federal and state regulations makes it close to impossible to identify where our medicine has come from. The article contains personal accounts from patients who had been harmed by counterfeit medicine, and a report on a Florida investigation which had uncovered potential misconduct at 50 of the state's wholesale companies.
Tags: prescription drugs; pharmacies; counterfeit medicine; tainted drugs; Food and Drug Administration; Prescription Drug Marketing Act; pharmaceutical wholesalers; Florida Department of Law Enforcement; CVS ProCare Pharmacy; Healthcare Distribution Management Association; drugmakers; Jemco Medical International; relabeling; diluting; serostim; Serono; AIDS
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Pharmaceutical Roulette
Reporters from the Washington Post reveal that there are various loopholes in the supposedly tightly regulated system for distributing prescription drugs. Their findings reveal that the main avenues to acquire prescription drugs are internet sites, certain doctors and small illegal wholesalers. They also find loopholes in the laws and regulations.
Tags: Prescription drugs; prescribed medication; drug addiction; illegal drugs; online selling of prescription drugs; rogue internet sites