Thursday, March 6, 2014

Prescription Meds The US Imports From China Are Under‑Inspected

Even I don't take THIS many...
night-cat at Daily Kos tells a chilling fact: China consistently ignores the US FDA's request for visas for more US inspectors to check out Chinese manufacturers of prescription medicines. This would be less scary if there were not a history of Chinese manufacturers substituting ineffective or even dangerous active ingredients in medications that actually made it through the supply chain and into US pharmacies. If you take generic meds... I certainly do; who has money for name-brand meds... please read this article.
Posted by Steve Bates at 2:34 PM
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  1. ellroonMarch 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM

    Oh boy... putting this on my China list.

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    1. Steve BatesMarch 8, 2014 at 4:09 PM

      Unfortunately, ellroon, this is very much your kind of item. I do hope you are sufficiently well off to afford name-brand meds. Although I've never had a problem with my generics... they've been both cheap and effective... it certainly gives me pause to think when I encounter something like this.

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