Researchers Show Exactly How Dangerous Fake Weight Loss Medicines Are
Written by Jamie Stowe | Sunday, 28 February 2010 | There is 1 comment
the active ingredient stated on the labels was even higher than recommended 
A study done by university students in New Zealand has concluded that purchasing prescription medications online without a prescription is “dangerous”. Professor Pauline Norris and Dr Clare Strachan from the University of Otago described the work done by the pharmacy students as particularly concerning especially as many of the tablets looked perfectly genuine. Testing showed that some of them only contained 40 percent of the active ingredient.
The pharmacy students focused on weight loss medications and impotence medications and noted that while some tablets appeared to be okay others were actually covered in mould. The research done in conjunction with the School of Pharmacy at the University of Auckland was made possible with help from the New Zealand Customs authorities who regularly pick up counterfeit medications as part of routine inspections.
Dr Stachan warned that many people who purchased medication online were not aware of the dangers involved and that other cases had shown that illegal medications were contaminated with harmful bacteria, brick dust and even arsenic or lead. Ukmedix News has seen hundreds of similar reports showing dangerous substances in counterfeit medications.
The researchers also pointed out that in some cases the amount of the active ingredient stated on the labels was even higher than recommended which could cause serious injury especially in cases of fake weight loss medication. The researchers also examined batches of the hair loss medication Propecia purchased online which were found to be substandard too.
The only way to make sure that what you’ve purchased online is genuine is to make sure that you are dealing with a proper “bricks and mortar” pharmacy. Even if a pharmacy claims to be based in the United Kingdom unless you can get its address you could be opening up yourself to the purchase of substandard and illegal medication.
At Ukmedix it is possible to check the exact location of where your medication comes from using the Pharmacheck system.
There is 1 comment on this article.
Antonia said:
The Pharmacheck system is great!! After reading one of your articles I checked some medicine I bought on line and I found it was not the genuine medicine, since then I check everything, even if I bought it from a pharmacy, who is to say that they did not buy it on the internet.
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