March 9, 2010

Bat droppings found in counterfeit meds

What’s the grossest thing you’ve ever eaten?

Well, if you happen to have ordered “generic” Viagra recently, we may be able to answer that question for you. Maybe it was bat and bird droppings, whole insects, dust mites, hair or charcoal.

Are we grossing you out? Our true intention is to again reinforce the fact that “generic”/counterfeit/fake Viagra may not only be disgusting, it may be downright harmful to your health. It could even threaten your life, as indicated in this article from New Zealand.

New Zealand’s department of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) also found heavy metals, including arsenic and mercury, in certain samples of Viagra. According to the article, a counterfeit erectile dysfunction drug stopped at New Zealand’s border was responsible for the death of a man in Singapore because it contained diabetes medication.

AccessRx.com has warned of the dangers of counterfeit medications in the past, and stories like this only emphasize how important it is to order authentic, FDA-approved Viagra from a trusted U.S. online pharmacy such as AccessRx.com. The FDA has stated that more than half of the medications it has tested from overseas are either ineffective or harmful.

The one thing that seems hard for us to believe is that someone would put a “random” substance in their body, or one that they are not 100% sure of what it contains. Perhaps people are falling for the wording on the websites that says the website offers authentic/safe products. The easiest way to tell you are dealing with an unsafe website is the fact their products (especially erectile dysfunction medications), are about 80 percent less than authentic, FDA-approved (ED) meds.

A Fake Viagra Product

If you see Viagra, Cialis or Levitra for $1 or even $10 a pill online, these pills are counterfeits. The wholesale price of Pfizer-manufactured Viagra is more than $15 a pill, and no reputable business would sell real Viagra for less than that. Keep in mind, there is no FDA-approved “generic” form of Viagra until at least March, 2012 when the medication’s U.S. patent expires.

The moral of the story is to be vigilant when ordering medications online, and stick with a tried-and-true U.S. online pharmacy model that has been in business for more than 10 years – such as AccessRx.com.

By Brian Bujdos