The FDA say that you should follow some basic rules...

At last the Food & Drug Administration of the United States has beefed up its campaign to warn the public in America about the dangers of buying erectile dysfunction and weight loss medication over the internet from illegal companies that attempt to create the impression that they are operating within the law. The Food & Drug Administration went as far as to actually name and shame the web sites that were selling counterfeit drug that could be extremely harmful to help. Two of the web sites for example were found to be selling fakes versions of Xenical the weight loss drug that works by preventing the absorption of fat into the digestive system.

To give you an idea about how irresponsible these companies are, when the FDA tested the so called Xenical pills one was found to be completely useless, only containing starch and talcum powder and the other one very worryingly was found to have the active ingredient of another diet drug in it. The idea that somebody could sell medication which had different active ingredient to the one they said it did is mind-boggling and if the people who do this are arrested all of us at Ukmedix News hope they get long prison sentences. The two companies involved in selling the fake Xenical were brandpills.com and pillspharm.com.

Some of these companies even go as far as to sell fake Tamiflu, the famous bird flu drug that will be vital in saving lives should a full on bird flu pandemic hit in the United States or in other places.  Selling somebody a fake version of Tamiflu is a bit like selling them a death sentence should they actually catch the H5N1 virus. The Food & Drug Administration say that they are powerless to shut down the web sites because most of them operate from outside the United States and thus it is next to impossible to locate them.

The FDA say that you should follow some basic rules if you buy pharmaceuticals online to make sure that what you’re getting comes from a reputable seller and that you do not end up with counterfeit drugs. The guidelines are very similar to the guidelines that Ukmedix advises and include the following:
·         Make sure there is a means to contact the web site by telephone.
·         All reputable online pharmacies require a prescription for prescription drugs and this means an online consultation too.
·         Look for a postal address from where the website operates.  If it will not provide one, the chances are it is a parading in some far flung part of the world inaccessible to law enforcement authorities.
·         If the prices are ridiculously low then stay clear from the site too.