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The FDA
is warning customers to be on the lookout for false versions of the admired
prescription drugs Lipitor, Viagra, and a non FDA-approved medicine being
marketed as
 "generic
Evista" presently being sold in Mexican border towns.
The FDA
advises everybody possessing or encountering at all of these fake drugs not to
use them and to contact their medical doctor or a registered pharmacist
instantly. Prescription medicine purchased in overseas countries may be less
costly, but are not regulated by the FDA and do not carry the equivalent FDA
assurances of protection, usefulness, and manufacturing superiority as drugs
purchased within the United States.
What's
incorrect with the fake drugs? They include no or very small active ingredients,
according to the FDA.
In a
current press release, the FDA states, "fake versions of Lipitor (a
cholesterol-lowering medicine), Viagra (a handling for erectile dysfunction),
and Evista (a treatment and avoidance medication for osteoporosis in
postmenopausal female) can pose important risks to customers.
Counterfeit
Lipitor that include no active ingredient or not enough active ingredients could
present a long-term danger for the assortment of complications of high
cholesterol, such as heart infection. The fake product purchased in Mexico was
associated with numerous reports of high cholesterol in clients who had used the
product. Fake Viagra that contains small or no active ingredient would be less
efficient than a legitimate product or altogether unsuccessful. Women who take
the imperfect generic Evista item for consumption that contains no active
ingredient may be at danger for developing osteoporosis or for having their
osteoporosis progress."
The
"generic Evista" was examine by FDA in bringing together with the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy and was found to include no active ingredient.
The fake Lipitor and counterfeit Viagra were investigating by Pfizer, Inc. and
were as well found to include no active ingredient."
The
"generic Evista" item for consumption was purchased from Agua Prieta, Sonora,
Mexico and is labeled as "Raloxi feno, fenilox, and 50 tablets of 60mg", made or
distributed by Litio and tagged as manufactured in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico. The label has red triangles from corner to corner the top and bottom.
(See the website noted underneath for snaps of the products.)
Fake
Lipitor and Viagra were purchased in the Mexican boundary towns of Juarez, Los
Algodones, Nogales, and Tijuana. The fake Lipitor and counterfeit Viagra
products were tagged only in English, while legitimate Mexican pharmaceuticals
are frequently labeled in Spanish. Additionally, the counterfeit Lipitor was
offered in round white plastic bottles; though authentic Lipitor in Mexico is
sold just in boxes of blister packs.
FDA and Mexican
federal health bureaucrats are continuing to work jointly to address the issue
of fake human drug products, particularly along our common border. In recent
times, federal health executives in Mexico's Federal Commission for the safety
from Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) have commence several precise operations to
target unlawful drugs, including fake drugs, in Mexican drug stores. These
operations, all the way through Mexico, including the areas that boundary on the
U.S. have resulted in the postponement of 19 pharmacies and the elimination and
recall of over 105 tons of medicines.
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