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Health fraud scams refer to products that claim to prevent, treat, or cure diseases or other health conditions, but are not proven safe and effective for those uses. Health fraud scams waste money and can lead to delays in getting proper diagnosis and treatment. They can also cause serious or even fatal injuries.

 

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

FDA is working with U.S. Government partners, including CDC, and international partners to closely monitor an outbreak caused by a novel (new) coronavirus.

Advisories and Alerts

Advisory Letters

The U.S. FDA issued letters to these companies for illegally marketing products for the treatment or prevention of serious diseases. Thirty days after FDA issued these letters, the companies listed have failed to voluntarily cease illegally marketing products for serious diseases.

Registrar and Registry Abuse Complaints

The U.S. FDA sent abuse complaints to registrars managing websites that offer any unapproved drugs or uncleared devices, or potentially counterfeit, controlled, adulterated or misbranded products to U.S. consumers in violation of U.S. law.

List of Tainted Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements

This list only includes a small fraction of the potentially hazardous products with hidden ingredients marketed to consumers on the internet and in retail establishments. FDA is unable to test and identify all products marketed as dietary supplements on the market that have potentially harmful hidden ingredients.

Health Fraud Recalls

The page provides information gathered from press announcements and other public notices about certain recalls of health fraud related products regulated by FDA.

Report a Problem

Report a Problem to FDA

Consumers can play an important public health role by reporting to FDA any adverse reactions or other problems with products the agency regulates. Information on how to report a problem.

Consumer Complaint Coordinators

To report adverse reactions or other problems with FDA-regulated products, contact the FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator for the state in which you reside.


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