Counterfeit Viagra Pills made in China Seized by Irish Police
Around 2,300 counterfeit Viagra pills were confiscated by the Irish Medical Board in the republic of Ireland . The counterfeit tablets originated in China and after tests were found to be different in size to the genuine product. They also contained varying amounts of the active ingredient normally found in Viagra.
Details of the fake tablets were revealed by the board after a report funded by the Department of Health and carried out by researchers at Dublin City University warned of the dangers of buying medicines on the internet. The report, which was commissioned by the Irish Patients' Association, stressed that those buying medicines in this way could be getting counterfeit drugs with the potential to damage their health. It said the quality of products available over the internet was unknown. It added that the extent of counterfeit drugs in the Republic was unknown and needed to be researched.
The board, which also issued a warning about buying drugs over the internet yesterday, said that apart from counterfeit Viagra it also seized 100 tablets of counterfeit Halotestin, an anabolic steroid used for body-building, and thousands of counterfeit condoms last year. At least some of the condoms had holes in them.
Source: IrishTimes, January 10, 2006 |
