Fake Prescription Drugs

[Country Joe 1,411]

been watching Fake Britain, about prescription drugs on sale on the internet,

and the stuff they use to produce counterfeit medication, boric acid, rat poison etc

they say you can make more money selling these, than heroin.

so its not surprising the internet is flooded.

you can buy any prescribed drug that you would need a prescription for in this country, that you don't know the ingredients.

Although they didn't mention Animal medicines im sure they will have moved into this market.

after seeing this program i would only buy prescribed Animal meds from a Vet,

I realize its expensive, but at least you know they will work and also will be safe to use.

[LaraCroft 863]

It's rife in animal meds - much more so than human meds, as more people buy online, and there is less regulation when things go wrong. The classic is vaccinations - buying a box of 100 vials of saline, for a couple of quid, then jabbing dogs for £15 a time and saying it is vaccinated. Same with one of the antibiotics that is commonly brought for treating dogs - not only is it pretty useless for most bacteria that dogs are likely to pickup, but as it is meant for fish, not animals, it is usually a powder, that is destroyed by the animals stomach acid before it can be absorbed by the body - so is totally useless. Thats why antibiotics are in capsules or coated tablets. But as long as there are people who buy them, there will be people to sell them.

[Sirius 1,391]

It's a real issue with in the Veterinary Medicines Market, same with imported drugs being sold, which may not have always been kept/stored in the right conditions.

[Country Joe 1,411]

It mentioned the ingredients being mixed in a cement mixer, some of the coloured outside coating is paint, and one they tested contained Arsenic.

they are so good at copying they even did needles for diabetic use, and they fooled the NHS who bought them and the users got ill, and these had been supplied to hospitals and Doctors surgeries, so if you can fool the professionals watch chance has the layman out there.

Edited May 16, 2013 by Country Joe

[sandymere 8,263]

This whole area is rife with dodgy stuff and buying drugs or supplements over the internet is a good way of, if your lucky getting sugar pills, if unlucky getting potentially life threatening pharmaceuticals.

If this stuff is getting into the NHS pipeline it is likely to be everywhere.

 

All you can do is if its not prescribed then don’t take it or give it to your dog and push for tighter control of the whole pharmacy/supplement industry.

 

Few bits here

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/category/herbs-supplements/

and some horror stories here.

http://whatstheharm.net/herbalremedies.html

[my hounds 313]

Always have and always will have my dogs injections/boosters done at the vets as well as getting their wormer "milbemax" and "frontline" knowing i am getting the genuine products,as well as for insurance purposes.However i have bought drontal plus,frontline,hibiscrub,and 1-2 other products from "hyperdrug.com" based in Durham and "petdispensary.co.uk" based in Dewsbury,again knowing i am getting the genuine products.OR would LIKE to think so from the three establishments going on whats been mentioned so far.

[TOPPER 1,809]

tev w you d best think again mate half the stuff going through vets is fake its a major problem althrough the meds industry only a few weeks ago there was a national recall on drontals and synulux, as a batch of each were found to be copies theres no guaramtees in anything these days as those charly changs can fake anything

[my hounds 313]

tev w you d best think again mate half the stuff going through vets is fake its a major problem althrough the meds industry only a few weeks ago there was a national recall on drontals and synulux, as a batch of each were found to be copies theres no guaramtees in anything these days as those charly changs can fake anything

Topper tried looking this particular incident up,are there any links etc you could post,regards,trevor w.

[stabba 10,745]

Yup..like's been said..just because you go to the vets for meds don't mean you're gunna get the genuine article...If the NHS can be fooled then so can any vetinary practise

[cubz 73]

Is it not just the same as the fake tobacco they say its going to kill you quicker etc as its cheaper as there missing out on the taxes etc???

[beast 1,884]

i spoke to my vet about this, he reckons that because their is not the same amount of money involved in animal drugs, the fake stuff is unlikely to be copied from odd ingredients but more likely to be generic versions manufactured cheaply in the third world countries then relabelled. so as sirius said, some stuff may have been badly stored or handled, but unlikely to be poisonous just ineffective. he said some drugs it doesn't matter too much how they are stored and if you know about drugs you would know which ones are likely to be damaged by bad storage or handling. the vet did stress however that this is just his opinion, not fact, and he advised to steer well clear of internet medication.