Analysis: More Rx fakes in U.S. -- Canadian firm

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Analysis: More Rx fakes in U.S. -- Canadian firm

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- An online Canadian pharmacy says that while the U.S. government warns consumers that purchasing drugs from Canada may be risky, America has one of the highest numbers of counterfeit-drug cases in the world.

However, the Pharmaceutical and Research Manufacturers of America -- which opposes Canadian firms shipping drugs to U.S. patients, claiming the practice is unsafe and illegal -- questioned the validity of the counterfeit figures.

DoctorSolve, an online pharmacy based in Surrey, Canada, claimed the United States was second only to Colombia in the number of cases involving counterfeit drugs. However, the company did not provide a source for this figure.

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DoctorSolve also said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration`s own estimate is that each year 35 million prescriptions are filled with something other than the prescribed drug.

'Until there`s a better safeguard system in place in the (United States), Americans should know that buying online from a trusted pharmacy service can actually be safer than walking down the street to get meds from the neighborhood pharmacist,' Paul Zickler of DoctorSolve said in a statement.

UPI via Monsters and Critics