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I guess you could reason they are safe to take regardless. If they are counterfeit, they would likely make them out of sugar or flour not harmful chemicals. I
by giarc 11y ago
I guess you could reason they are safe to take regardless. If they are counterfeit, they would likely make them out of sugar or flour not harmful chemicals. It wouldn't be in the best interest of the counterfeiters to make pills that harm or kill the buyer.
- grumpopotamus 11y agoI wouldn't bet my life on that. In fact, counterfeit drugs are estimated to kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, in many cases directly, not because they don't provide the necessary treatment. See http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/17/health/living-well/falsified-medicine-bate/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/17/health/living-well/falsified-m... >Fakes contained chalk, talcum powder, road paint and occasionally dangerous heavy metals, instead of the expensive, hard-to-make medicine.