The New York Times published an article describing a study on the growing problem of counterfeit drugs. Although a problem mainly in Asia and Africa, there have been reports of fake drugs for sale in the United States. Most of these were "recreational" drugs such as oxycontin or Viagra, but Tamiflu, used to treat influenza, has also been counterfeited. The level of sophistication of the counterfeiters was scary: drugs were packaged correctly and even had the hologram "seal of authenticity" of the real deal.
Bottom line: Although not a problem in the United States at the moment, care should be taken when getting drugs from certain foreign countries.
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