Paraphernalia, pill dies, presses, fillers, and the colored binding powder to manufacture controlled substance replica tablets are as close as Amazon.com and eBay.com. These products allow illicit pill manufacturers to ply their trade, where they can us   (more...)

A dangerous and deadly counterfeit is being distributed as both Oxycodone, also known as dihydroxycodeinone, and Hydrocodone, also known as dihydrocodeinone -- both semi-synthetic opioids. Each is marketed under various brand names such as Oxycontin, P   (more...)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to be aware of products sold online claiming to prevent or treat the Ebola virus. Since the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, the FDA has seen and received consumer complaints about a v   (more...)

March 27, 2014 -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling all alli® weight loss products from U.S. and Puerto Rico retailers as the company believes that some packages of the product were tampered with and may contain product   (more...)

Consumers are warned that counterfeit Vicks' VapoRub and Vicks' Inhaler products have been discovered in retail locations in New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The counterfeit products were sold to distributors who then sold to smaller independent store   (more...)

The California State Board of Pharmacy has been notified about a possible attempt to introduce counterfeit Serostim 8.8 into the drug supply. According to the manufacturer EMD Serono, it has received an inquiry about the legitimacy of Serostim 8.8, wit   (more...)

Lamisil (terbinafine) is an anti fungal antibiotic. Lamisil is used to treat infections caused by fungus. Lamisil is one of the world’s leading topical anti-fungal treatments designed to cure athlete’s foot and jock itch. This warning is spec   (more...)

April 5, 2012 -- FDA lab tests have confirmed that a counterfeit version of Roche's Altuzan 400mg/16ml (bevacizumab), an injectable cancer medication found in the U.S. contains no active ingredient. Even if the identified drugs were not counterfeit, Alt   (more...)

Dec 19, 2012 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted more than 350 medical practices that they may have received unapproved medications, including unapproved versions of Botox, from a foreign supplier. These medications may be counter   (more...)

June 8, 2012 - Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) recently became aware of the distribution of counterfeit LIGACLIP EXTRA LIGATING CLIP CARTRIDGES (Product Code LT300). Because EES did not manufacture these products, we cannot confirm the performance, mechanica   (more...)