UN warns of 'lethal' fake drugs
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The UN says fake prescription drugs are swamping developing nations with sometimes fatal results.
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LONDON: Doctors are warning people not to buy the anti-impotency drug, Viagra, over the internet, because they have found conclusive evidence that it is usually fake and could lead to a number of side effects, including a heart attack.
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Scientists and police have exposed a major Asian trade in life-threatening fake malaria drugs, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of tablets and the arrest of a dealer in southern China.
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(New York-WABC, November 19, 2004) - There was stunning testimony in Congress Thursday: A government official warned about what he considers dangerous drugs on the market.
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A âpoisonous cocktailâ of many drugs can interact in dangerous ways and cause side effects that can be far worse than the diseases they are treating.
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Opium production has soared to "frightening record levels" in Afghanistan, which now has more land producing drugs than Colombia, Bolivia and Peru combined, the United Nations said on Monday.
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London - British smokers were issued a stark government warning on Wednesday to beware of smuggled cigarettes, which while cheap are often faked and made with highly dangerous contaminated tobacco.
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NEW YORK -- After a drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, a senior American health official sent a cable to her investigators: Find out who made the poisonous ingredient and why a state-owned company in China exported it as safe, pharmaceutical-grade glycerin.
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The United Nations warned nearly  90 countries including the United States and most of Europe on  Thursday to prepare for more deaths from heroin overdoses  because of surging opium production in Afghanistan.
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Officials estimate that counterfeits of life-saving drugs may be a factor in up to 200,000 deaths each year.
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The government has issued a warning to smokers after cigarettes smuggled into Britain were found to contain lead and arsenic. An estimated one million fake cigarettes containing hazardous levels of the dangerous
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Counterfeit medicines, some of them sold over the Internet, are swamping unregulated markets in developing nations with sometimes fatal results, the U.N. drug control watchdog said on Thursday.
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Young people are increasingly abusing a drug found in nonprescription cough medicines that can produce hallucinogenic effects, but at a risk to their well-being, researchers said on Monday.
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"Cues from chatter" gathered around the world are raising concerns that terrorists might try to attack the domestic food and drug supply, particularly illegally imported prescription drugs, acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester M. Crawford says...
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Pirated goods are costing the global economy billions of dollars and putting human health at risk, the UN warns.
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A toxic chemical is found in counterfeit versions of Sensodyne toothpaste on sale in the UK.
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Millions of people with HIV will die unless it is made easier for them to get the drugs they need, experts warn.