Counterfeit and Adulterated Drugs in the American Drug Supply
During the past ten years, the threat to America's legal drug supply has emanated right here on American soil, and less so overseas. Wise patients learn about this treat, and what they can do to protect themselves or their loved ones from potentially being harmed by counterfeit or adulterated drugs.
An interview with Katherine Eban, author of Dangerous Doses, with updates on the legal and government movement that has, or hasn't taken place since her book was published in 2005.
Counterfeit drugs have made their way into America's legal drug supply, making us sick, threatening our lives, or at the very least, preventing us from their promise of improving our health. Understanding how these bogus drugs get into the pharmacy, and how it is we may be given the fake drugs to take, helps us learn how to prevent being harmed by them.
From organized crime to street hoodlums, maybe even your neighbors, there are thousands of Americans making big money by trading in counterfeit drugs.
Most of us believe counterfeit drugs comes from other places, overseas, outside the US, but that is only partially true. The real problem are those that are manufacturer or adulterated within our borders, eventually sold to "bona fide" distributors, and then to our trusted pharmacies.
We would like to think the government or law enforcement is doing something to stop the flow of illegal, counterfeit drugs into America's drug supply. The truth is, however, that too little is being done.
Once we understand how counterfeit drugs can so easily become infused in our drug supply, and knowing how harmful they can be, patients need to understand what steps they can take to protect themselves and their loved ones from taking these drugs and potentially being harmed by them.
