Consumer
Education:
Buying Medicine from Outside the United States
Medicine
bought over the Internet from foreign sources, from storefront businesses that offer to buy
foreign medicine for you, or during trips outside the United States,
may not be safe or effective. These medicines may present health risks
and FDA
cannot ensure the safety of medicine from these sources. FDA cannot
help you if you have problems with medicine you get from outside
U.S. regulation and oversight. These educational products are
intended to educate consumers about the risks of purchasing
medicine from outside the U.S. and tell them how to protect themselves.
To obtain printed copies of any of these materials, please email your request
by title to: dpapubs@fda.hhs.gov. You
can also call 301-796-3703 or 1-888-INFO-FDA.
The following links are text
documents. You can also view the graphic versions (if
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For more information about
importing medicine from outside the United States, please visit the FDA page, "Importing Prescription Drugs"
at:
www.fda.gov/importeddrugs.
For related topics, see the FDA Web
pages:
“Combating Counterfeit Drugs” at
www.fda.gov/counterfeit,
and
“Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online” at:
www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/default.htm
“Consumer Education: Generic Drugs” at
www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/generic_text.htm
“Office of Generic Drugs” at
www.fda.gov/cder/ogd
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Date created: September 27, 2004; updated April 1, 2008
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