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An ‘Eye Opener’ Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Drugs!
Stop Fake
Drugs
Tamara Parks
Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Drugs are
‘fake drugs’ that are
potentially harmful to
your health if cons u m ed .
E t h i c al l y
speaking, anyone who
intentionally engages
in the production and
or distribution of these
drugs deserves to be
penalized. The potential for detrimental
consequences to members of our society is
simply criminal. The
root impact of counterfeit drugs is their negative effects on consumer health. These deleterious effects on health
may result from the
consumption of counterfeit pharmaceutical
drugs that are contaminated, or those that are
comprised of incorrect
proportions of the ingredients in genuine
pharmaceuticals.
Moreover, counterfeit
pharmaceuticals composed of non-active
ingredients fail to ad-
Technically, persons are
hoaxed into believing
their health is being restored, when in fact, it
is quite the opposite.
The resulting negative
impact on consumer
health is likely to lead
in turn to ever increasing stress on the Public
health system.
The country’s health system
may be called upon to accommodate a higher number of sick persons, resulting in the need for expansion of its infrastructure and
increased medical personnel. In addition, there will
be additional costs related
to public service campaigns
aimed at minimizing the
threat of citizens being
duped into using these bogus drugs. Apart from these two impacts of counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs
on our society, many others
exist. Knowledge of how
the consumption of counterfeit drugs affects lives and
places a strain on our economy should provide readers
with the necessary information to join in the fight
against the use of fake Can You tell the difference? Counterfeit vs Real Drugs… Source: Roger Bates, Counterfeit
drugs. It is extremely im- Drugs, 2009
portant that this message be
spread.
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