Fake Viagra Enters Legal Pharmacy Supply Chain In Australia
Written by Rupert Kircz | Thursday, 24 June 2010 | There are 2 comments
Everybody has to play a part in stopping the proliferation of fake Viagra
The medical authorities in Australia have launched an urgent investigation into how counterfeit erectile dysfunction medications found their way into the legitimate pharmacy supply chain. This type of scam involves extremely sophisticated criminal organisations who use superior printing methods for the packaging of their fake tablets and then sell them to unsuspecting pharmacies posing as legitimate pharmaceutical industry representatives.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration said that the counterfeit products were 100 milligram Viagra tablets which had an expiry date of April 2012 and a batch number 314833021 on them. They said there while they were aware that the drugs were fake, nobody had become ill as a result of using them, [which is probably because they contained no active ingredients].
Ukmedix is aware that this scam was attempted in the UK but was quickly dealt with and the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Bayer who sell Viagra, Cialis and Levitra respectively took swift steps to beef up security with distribution and to put in place more checks.
The fact that criminal organisations will go to such lengths to infiltrate legitimate pharmaceutical supply chains shows how dangerous and unscrupulous they can be. They know that fake drugs which are manufactured in filthy substandard factories with no checks on the contents of their tablets can be extremely dangerous yet they have no regard for the health of the public and only care about lining their pockets with ill gotten gains.
Time and time again fake Viagra is linked to terrorist and criminal organisations who have no regard for human life and who kill as a matter of routine practice. These people feel no remorse when they read about the thousands of deaths that counterfeit medications cause around the world.
Everybody has to play a part in stopping the proliferation of counterfeit medication and by purchasing an erectile dysfunction medication without a prescription [which you may feel is harmless] you could well be getting blood on your hands.
There are 2 comments on this article.
mark said:
These FAKE Viagra pills you are talking about, DO WORK. Although they are fakes, they DO CONTAIN the active ingredient. I have tried these exact pills myself. It goes to show you how much drug companies rape the public with their high prices. I bought these exact fake Viagra boxes for $4.00 USD per box, and the work perfectly fine.
Ed G said:
@Mark, No one is disputing that some of the fakes do contain active ingredients of one of the real impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra and that some of them actually work, but just that since they are illegal and made by criminals there are no safety checks and regulations. Who cares more about patient safety: Pfizer or a Triad gang member in China? Go figure. The WHO reckons that tens of thousands of people die from using fake meds every year. Admittedly only a small propertion of those from using fake Viagra but when you buy it you make big profits for the criminal gangs who then make fake antibiotics, etc...
It's a free world and you can make you own choices, but don't say no one told you...
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