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17550892

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
There is growing universal concern regarding counterfeit medications. In particular, counterfeit antimicrobial drugs are a threat to public health with many devastating consequences for patients; increased mortality and morbidity and emergence of drug resistance. In addition, physicians treating these patients lose their confidence in the medications used and report high levels of bacterial resistance. The problem with fake and suboptimal medications got worse with the advent of the World Wide Web; a significant proportion of medications that are sold through Internet pharmacies is counterfeit. Various initiatives of the WHO (the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce) are hopefully going to tackle this very important public health issue. In this article, we review the available evidence in peer-reviewed articles and World Wide Web information resources regarding the issue of counterfeit antimicrobials.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0305-7453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Counterfeit or substandard antimicrobial drugs: a review of the scientific evidence.
pubmed:affiliation
Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review