very small differences in the shape, colour and size.

At Ukmedix News we have written so much about the dangers of counterfeit prescription medications and we are not going to bore you with all the scare stories all over again but instead we want to give you a little bit of common sense advice about using any type of medicine.

In some parts of the world for example according to the American FDA between 30 and 50 percent of all prescription medications are fakes and the manufacturers of these fake medications are only becoming more and more sophisticated and churning out more realistic copies. This means that if you buy medicines online or abroad you need to be even more discerning and suspicious when it comes to checking whether what you have is the real thing.

Simple checks like examining the tablets very carefully to make sure that they look exactly the same as a real one can help you to immediately spot a fake. If for example you use the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra and you want to purchase some when you are abroad or from an online pharmacy comparing a real Viagra tablet to ones which you have just bought (and which you know are genuine) could highlight very small differences in the shape, colour and size.

While erectile dysfunction drugs tend to be the most copied prescription medications in the world there are hundreds of other medicines from pain killers to cancer drugs which are produced by criminal organisations. If you have been using medication for some time and then you need to buy it from another source which you cannot be 100 percent sure of, carefully examining the tablets, the labeling, the packaging and any other thing which you can compare to the real thing is a good idea. Ultimately the best thing to do is always make sure that whatever medicine you use it comes from a trusted doctor or pharmacy.

You should know the address of the pharmacy where your medicine comes from whether you buy it online or otherwise. don't take risks and only buy the real thing!