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For Consumers
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Resources for You
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Protecting Yourself
Protect yourself with these resources from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency offers
- tips for buying medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products online safely and reporting suspicious Web sites and products
- summaries of recent safety alerts prompted by reports received by FDA from health care professionals and their patients
- warnings and other enforcement actions FDA has taken to protect the public from counterfeit or other fraudulent products
- advice on how to report fraudulent or dangerous products
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Buying Online
FDA Sounds Alarm on Phony Tamiflu Buying Medicines Over the Internet The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicines Over the Internet Beware of Online Cancer Fraud How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet Fact Sheet--Buying Online Drugs, Office of Women's Health (PDF) (PDF - 120KB)FDA Warns Consumers about Counterfeit Drugs from Multiple Internet Sellers Hidden Risks of Erectile Dysfunction "Treatments" Sold Online Buying Medical Devices and Diagnostic Tests Online Buying Contact Lenses Online or By Mail Consumer Safety Alert: Internet Sales of Laser Products FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Red Yeast Rice Products Promoted on Internet as Treatments for High Cholesterol Counterfeit Medicine
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Warnings and Other Enforcement Actions
Stolen Inhalers Pose Risk Cyber Letters 2008 FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures' FDA Warns Companies Importing and Marketing Drugs Over the Internet that Fraudulently Claim to Prevent and Treat STDs FDA Announces New Measures to Protect Americans from Counterfeit Drugs FDA Issues Warning Letter to Melanocorp, Inc. For Illegal Sale of Melanotan II
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Reporting Fraudulent or Dangerous Products
Reporting Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on the Internet Reporte de ventas ilegales de productos medicos a traves del Internet MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA
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Safety Alerts on Medical Products
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: June 2010 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: May 2010 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2010 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: March 2010 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: February 2010 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: January 2010 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: December 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: November 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: October 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: September 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: August 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: June 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2009 FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: March 2009
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Spotlight
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Recalls & Alerts
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