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DrugBuyers
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Reged: 11/19/01
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Loc: DrugBuyers.Com
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LINK TO FDA
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Looks can be deceiving.
The medicine you buy from outside the United States
may be unsafe or ineffective
Don't risk your health.
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This resource is also available as a 2-sided 4"x 9" slim jim in PDF format
Things you should know about purchasing medicines from outside the United States.
If you buy foreign medicine from an Internet site, from a storefront business that offers to order medicine for you, or during visits outside the United States, you are taking a risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot guarantee the safety of these medicines.
QUALITY ASSURANCE CONCERNS. Medicines that have not been approved for sale in the United States may not have been manufactured under quality assurance procedures designed to produce a safe and effective product.
COUNTERFEIT POTENTIAL. Some imported medicines - even those that bear the name of a U.S.-approved product - may, in fact, be counterfeit versions that are unsafe or even completely ineffective.
PRESENCE OF UNTESTED SUBSTANCES. Some imported medicines and their ingredients, although legal in foreign countries, may not have been evaluated for safety and effectiveness in the United States. These products may be addictive or contain other dangerous substances.
RISKS OF UNSUPERVISED USE. Some medicines, whether imported or not, are unsafe when taken without adequate medical supervision. You may need a medical evaluation to ensure that the medicine is appropriate for you and your condition. Or, you may require medical checkups to make sure that you are taking the medicine properly, it is working for you, and that you are not having unexpected or life-threatening side effects.
LABELING AND LANGUAGE ISSUES. The medicines label, including instructions for use and possible side effects, may be in a language you do not understand and may make medical claims or suggest specific uses that have not been adequately evaluated for safety and effectiveness.
LACK OF INFORMATION. An imported medicine may lack information that would permit you to be promptly and correctly treated for a dangerous side effect caused by the medicine.
Remember, medicines you buy outside
the U.S. may be unsafe or ineffective.
Its not worth risking your health!
If you have any questions about the use of any medicine, FDA encourages you to contact your physician, your local pharmacist or the board of pharmacy for the state in which you live.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov/importedddrug
1-888-INFO-FDA
Lets see if this is also true and how this looks with little changes. Little changes like "outside the USA" for "in the USA", and "foreign" for "domestic"
Quote:
Looks can be deceiving.
The medicine you buy in the United States
may be unsafe or ineffective
Don't risk your health.
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This resource is also available as a 2-sided 4"x 9" slim jim in PDF format
Things you should know about purchasing medicines in the United States.
If you buy domestic medicine from an Internet site, from a storefront business that offers to order medicine for you, or during visits in the United States, you are taking a risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot guarantee the safety of these medicines.
QUALITY ASSURANCE CONCERNS. Medicines that have been approved for sale in the United States may not have been manufactured under quality assurance procedures designed to produce a safe and effective product.
COUNTERFEIT POTENTIAL. Some domestic medicines - even those that bear the name of a U.S.-approved product - may, in fact, be counterfeit versions that are unsafe or even completely ineffective.
PRESENCE OF UNTESTED SUBSTANCES. Some domestic medicines and their ingredients, although legal in foreign countries, may not have been evaluated for safety and effectiveness in the United States. These products may be addictive or contain other dangerous substances.
RISKS OF UNSUPERVISED USE. Some medicines, whether domestic or not, are unsafe when taken without adequate medical supervision. You may need a medical evaluation to ensure that the medicine is appropriate for you and your condition. Or, you may require medical checkups to make sure that you are taking the medicine properly, it is working for you, and that you are not having unexpected or life-threatening side effects.
LABELING AND LANGUAGE ISSUES. The medicines label, including instructions for use and possible side effects, may be in a language you do not understand and may make medical claims or suggest specific uses that have not been adequately evaluated for safety and effectiveness.
LACK OF INFORMATION. A domestic medicine may lack information that would permit you to be promptly and correctly treated for a dangerous side effect caused by the medicine.
Remember, medicines you buy in
the U.S. may be unsafe or ineffective.
Its not worth risking your health!
If you have any questions about the use of any medicine, FDA encourages you to contact your physician, your local pharmacist or the board of pharmacy for the state in which you live.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov/importedddrug
1-888-INFO-FDA
   
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night_shade
Threadhead
Reged: 08/26/03
Posts: 907
Loc: The State of Hockey
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Yes, but the megalomaniacism in the US extends completely up the totem pole to the figurehead at the top. Therefore, everything about, manufactured in, grown in, sold in, purchased in the United States is superior to every other nation in the world. (Being facetious here!)
It shocks and amazes me that the powers that be are actually attempting to warn US citizens that medications made in some of the richest, developed countries in the world (Canada, Great Britain, for example) are somehow inferior to those distributed in the United States.
It REALLY is another example of how our government is once again diapering and powdering the butts of its people as it believes we are too infantile to know better. Whatever!
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Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
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LumbarSpasm
Silent Chaos
Reged: 05/07/02
Posts: 1538
Loc: USA
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I think it is all about money. Lobbyists lobby and make campaign contributions. Then our big brother government warns us and especially seniors that foreign meds may be unsafe.
I am sure if this were true we would hear about all the deaths related to these unsafe medications.
It is a scare tactic. It is propaganda.
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LumbarSpasm
Or just a pain in the butt?!
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henry1
Board Addict
Reged: 10/08/03
Posts: 307
Loc: North Central USA
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Yes, its all about the money and power. If we are not allowed to purchase drugs outside this country, its one more way for our government to control us, and in the process control where our money goes.
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treading the backward path...
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