[QUOTE](CNN) -- Americans should avoid buying treatments for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, online, the Food and Drug Administration warned.
FDA has warned Americans away from online H1N1 medication and toward regulated distribution points.
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FDA has warned Americans away from online H1N1 medication and toward regulated distribution points.
"Products that are offered for sale online with claims to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus must be carefully evaluated," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said.
The FDA issued the warning Thursday after it had purchased products over the Internet that were supposed to be Tamiflu and analyzed them. Tamiflu is one of two approved anti-viral treatments for H1N1. The other is Relenza.
None of the products received by the FDA were approved for sale in the United States, and they contained various levels of oseltamivir phosphate, the drug in Tamiflu.
"Medicines purchased from Web sites operating outside the law put consumers at increased risk due to a higher potential that the products will be counterfeit, impure, contaminated or have too little or too much of the active ingredient," Hamburg said.
In addition, the products did not arrive soon enough to treat someone infected with H1N1, or who had been exposed to the virus.[/QUOTE]
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I lol'd.
you shouldn't buy drugs online from non-reputable sources?
im shocked
literally shocked
I can't believe people are stupid enough to buy drugs on the Internet.
Doesn't the fact that these "pharmacies" spam your e-mail inbox on a daily basis with messages like "INCREASE YOUR P3N0R SIZE TODAY! BUY DRUG CHEAP TODAY!!!!" make you wonder weather or not you should buy "CHEAP DISCOUNT VIAGRA" from "getdrugzfree.cn"???? :sigh:
It's because of the stupid people that MY e-mail inbox gets spammed.
Wait, so they don't actually help? I always though it was perfectly legal...
You know, if they're warning us about it it means some idiot already did it. Oh my fucking god.
Wait, I ordered 5 of these yesterday, and they don't do shit?
Fuck.
who buys unprescribed drugs online?
[QUOTE=leach139;17859144]Wait, I ordered 5 of these yesterday, and they don't do shit?
Fuck.[/QUOTE]
lol
[QUOTE=leach139;17859144]Wait, I ordered 5 of these yesterday, and they don't do shit?
Fuck.[/QUOTE]
Sucker.
They're just jealous I'll have them before they do
Why not, buy none. Simple as that.
Stop with the fucking swine flu shit already people.
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;17939555]Stop with the fucking swine flu shit already people.[/QUOTE]
this and why would anyone buy any sort of prescription drugs online
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;17939555]Stop with the fucking swine flu shit already people.[/QUOTE]
We'll stop...when pigs fly. :smug:
Seriously, it's nothing to be freaking out about...
I have swine flu and I don't take any drugs at all
It's really not that bad
yeah like 50 people got swine flu at my school, no biggie.
What am I to do with all these swine flu jabs now god damn :mad:
