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FDA Warning: Buying Accutane (isotretinoin) over the Internet
Buying Medicines from Outside the United States (April 2004)
Should You Buy Cipro, Other Antibiotics Online? (FTC--Oct. 2001)
Waging War on Internet Health Fraud (Sept. 2001)
Buying Drugs Online: Beware of 'Rogue' Sites (March 2001)
How to Spot Health Fraud (Nov. 1999)
FDA Warns Companies Importing and Marketing Drugs Over the Internet that Fraudulently Claim to Prevent and Treat STDs (March 6, 2008)
FDA Finds Consumers Continue to Buy Potentially Risky Drugs Over the Internet (July 2, 2007)
Consumers Warned About Counterfeit Drugs from Internet Sellers (May 1, 2007)
Beware of Misrepresented Drugs Sold Online (Feb. 16, 2007)
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Buy or Use Prescription Drugs from Various Canadian Websites that Apparently Sell Counterfeit Products (Aug. 30, 2006)
Florida Man Indicted for Selling Fake Cancer Cure (March 14, 2006)
FDA Statement on Fraudulent, Unapproved Influenza-Related Products (Jan. 20, 2006)
Beware of Confusing Drug Names in Foreign-Filled Prescriptions (Jan. 11, 2006)
FDA Warns Against Bogus Bird Flu Products Sold Online (Dec. 13, 2005)
FDA Test Results of Prescription Drugs from Bogus Canadian Website Show All Products Are Fake and Substandard (July 13, 2004)
Some Web Pharmacies Pose
Safety Risks (PDF) (GAO Report, June 2004)
-- Report Highlights (PDF)
Internet Purchase of Prescription Drugs: Buyer Beware (Annals of Internal Medicine, Dec. 1999)
Helping Patients Avoid Counterfeit Drugs over the Internet (September 2007)
Hazards of Buying Prescription Drugs Online (June 2007)
Buying Medicines Safely over the Internet (August 2005)
Advice on Buying Medical Products Online (June 2003)
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