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Implicated drugs: [4] - Lipitor (200,00 bottles found) - Procrit - Epogen - Serostim - Zyprexa - Viagra - Diflucan - Combivir - Retrovir - Evital Imported from China, South America 1/2 of fakes have NO active ingredients Others contain a different drug Notes: - may be contaminated - may contain wrong active ingredient - may contain no active incredient - may have right incredient, but wrong dose [1]

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pharmaceutical agent

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Evital

General

bioagent

References

  1. Food and Drug Administration Counterfeit Medicine http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/CounterfeitMedicine/default.htm
  2. Wikipedia: Counterfeit medications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_medications
  3. World Health Organization (WHO) Medications: Counterfeit medications, Jan 2010 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs275/en/
  4. Prescriber's Letter 10(7):41 2003 Detail-Document#: 200301 (subscription needed) http://www.prescribersletter.com