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Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online - More FDA Information
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Consumer Information
Press Releases
Reports
FDA Congressional Testimony
FDA Patient Safety News (Videos)
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Consumer Information
- Looks can be deceiving.
Buying Medicines from Outside the United States (April 2004) - Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need to Know
(FTC--Oct. 2001) - Agencies Team Up in War Against Internet Health Fraud
Waging War on Internet Health Fraud (Sept. 2001) - Buying Drugs Online: It's Convenient and Private, but Beware of 'Rogue Sites'
(March 2001) - How to Spot Health Fraud
(Nov. 1999)
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Press Releases
- FDA Warns Companies Importing and Marketing Drugs Over the Internet that Fraudulently Claim to Prevent and Treat STDs
March 6, 2008 - FDA Finds Consumers Continue to Buy Potentially Risky Drugs Over the Internet
July 2, 2007 - FDA Warns Consumers about Counterfeit Drugs from Multiple Internet Sellers
May 1, 2007 - FDA Alerts Consumers to Unsafe, Misrepresented Drugs Purchased Over the Internet
Feb. 16, 2007 - FDA Warns Consumers Not to Buy or Use Prescription Drugs from Various Canadian Websites that Apparently Sell Counterfeit Products
- April 11, 2008: Arthur VanMoor Sentenced to 210 Months in Jail for Selling Fake Cancer Cure
Florida Man Indicted for Selling Fake Cancer Cure - FDA Statement on Fraudulent, Unapproved Influenza-Related Products
Jan. 20, 2006 - FDA Cautions Consumers Against Filling U.S. Prescriptions Abroad
Beware of Confusing Drug Names in Foreign-Filled Prescriptions (Jan. 11, 2006) - FDA Acts to Protect Public from Fraudulent Avian Flu Therapies
FDA Warns Against Bogus Bird Flu Products Sold Online (Dec. 13, 2005) - FDA Test Results of Prescription Drugs from Bogus Canadian Website Show All Products Are Fake and Substandard
July 13, 2004
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Reports
- Internet Pharmacies - Some Pose Safety Risks for Consumers - June 2004
GAO Report, June 2004 - Internet Pharmacies - Some Pose Safety Risks for Consumers - June 2004 - Highlights
Highlights of GAO-04-820, a report to the Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate - Internet Purchase of Prescription Drugs: Buyer Beware
Annals of Internal Medicine, Dec. 1999
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FDA Congressional Testimony
- Internet Drug Sales
3/18/2004 - William K. Hubbard, before the House Committee on Government Reform - The Public Health Implications of Internet Drug Sales
5/25/2000 - William K. Hubbard, before the House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - Benefits and Risks of Internet Drug Sales
3/20/2000 - Jane E. Henney, M.D., before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Drug Sales Over the Internet
7/30/1999 - Janet Woodcock, M.D., before the House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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FDA Patient Safety News (Videos)
- Helping Patients Avoid Counterfeit Drugs over the Internet (September 2007)
FDA has previously warned about the risks of buying drugs and other medical products over the Internet. - Hazards of Buying Prescription Drugs Online (June 2007)
Many people are choosing to buy prescription drugs online, but unless they are very careful, this can be a risky undertaking. - Buying Medicines Safely over the Internet (August 2005)
Many patients are now buying medicines and medical products on line. This can be convenient way to shop, but unless people are very careful, getting medicines on line can be a hazardous proposition. - Advice on Buying Medical Products Online (June 2003)
Some of your patients may be asking about buying medicines and medical products online.
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