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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Their shelf life or have degraded in poor storage conditions.Writing in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, doctors from the US government, universities, hospitals and the pharmaceutical firm Pfizer warn that the rise in “falsified and substandard medicines” has become a “public health emergency”. On top of the direct harm they cause, bad drugs are a major driver of antimicrobial resistance, which fuels the rise of superbugs. Why are counterfeit drugs so dangerous?Counterfeit drugs may contain the wrong amount of active ingredient — or no active ingredient at all.Poisonous ingredients have been found in counterfeit medicines, as well. The risk to the user is significant.Typical inactive ingredients added to counterfeit medicines include chalk, gypsum, acetaminophen, flour, talcum powder and sugar.Of course, any ingredient, including other potent pharmaceuticals, dangerous chemicals or designer drugs concocted in an illegal lab can be added, too.And what if the amounts are not exactly calculated? For example,the amount of active ingredient is too highif the dose is too low, treatment failure can occur (assuming it’s the real medication)possibly even death due to excessive or inadequate amounts of a product, or possible drug interactions.How To Spot fake Adderall or speed drugThe counterfeit Adderall tablets are round, white, and have no markings on them. Real Adderall tablets are round, orange/peach in color, and scored with a “dp” on one side and “30” on the other.The fake Adderall comes in a blister pack. Real Adderall 30 mg tablets come in a 100-count bottle.A close look at the
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