Fake Tamiflu alert
June 18, 2010
TESTS of so-called ‘Generic
Tamiflu’ sold over the internet have
revealed that the fraudulent product
does not contain Tamiflu’s active
ingredient, oseltamivir.
The US FDA said that instead the
fake medication contained
cloxacillin - meaning that patients
who are allergic to penicillin
products could be at risk if they
take the medication.
The FDA said it bought the
‘Generic Tamiflu’ without a
prescription from a website
claiming to be an online drugstore.
“A rogue internet website
marketing drug products may look
like a professional and legitimate
website, but may actually be an
illegal operation,” said a
spokeswoman for the FDA.
“Medicines purchased from
websites 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,” she said.
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