Are Drugs Purchased On-line Really UnSafe?

Or is it Just "Politics as Usual"?

Drugs from ANY source, either prescription or over-the-counter, have the potential to cause harm, and every medication has its risks and benefits. For instance, Tylenol; a recent study findings published in the December 2005 issue of the journal Hepatology, found that “acetaminophen poisoning has become the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States.” Few people know this fact.

Our extensive experience and research has shown that medications purchased from reliable sources on-line are no less safe than the ones you get from your corner drugstore. The key is to find sources that are reliable. And PRX can help you find reputable on-line pharmacy resources.

A significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients that are actually synthesized in other countries. Drug companies import these active ingredients into the United States where they wind up in the expensive drugs you buy at the local pharmacy. While the FDA says you cannot trust drugs from other countries, the facts are that most of the drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients synthesized in the very countries the FDA says you cannot trust.

The FDA drug-approval system is so riddled with incompetence and corruption that results in the death of over 125,000 Americans every year... from drugs the FDA says are safe.The FDA takes extraordinary steps to keep out foreign competition, even if the offshore drug is safer, cheaper, and more effective than its American counterpart. (see inset column at right for FDA propaganda - over and over this same fallible information is seen in newspapers, magazines and on the TV - real investigative journalism is stifled by those with the big cash.) The net result is that Americans pay the highest prices in the world for pharmaceuticals. At the same time, we suffer the highest rate of drug-induced adverse reactions, in as much as deaths from prescription drugs are the fifth or sixth leading cause of death in the United States. ¹

Americans suffer and die even though effective drugs to treat their diseases are approved in other countries. The public is generally aware that novel drugs are sold in Europe and Japan, but intense lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry has blocked the wide-scale availability of these better medications.

Drug companies don’t want Americans to shop the world for more effective therapies. They prefer the current FDA-protected system where large companies enjoy a virtual monopoly over the American marketplace. This archaic system earns record profits for drug companies at the expense of U.S. citizens, who pay inflated prices for the medications the FDA does allow them to have.

The FDA deceives the public and Congress into believing that drugs approved in other countries are somehow “dangerous,” despite having no evidence to support this. What the FDA conveniently ignores is the fact that drugs they say are “safe” kill over 106,000 Americans every year. Human beings are needlessly dying because of bureaucratic red tape that delays and denies them access to lifesaving medications.^3,4,5

The FDA refuses not only to allow wholesale importation, the FDA also maintains that personal importation is illegal. Yet, because the market for lower-cost drugs is so large, the FDA looks the other way when people import personal-use quantities of prescription drugs. That's right: the FDA today allows folks to carry drugs over the border, and apparently now even allows [them] to mail order drugs from abroad. Yet all the while, the FDA publicly maintains such importation is illegal, thus threatening importers with dire legal consequences.²

References cited:

¹The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), April 15, 1998.

² StopFDA.org (This website is highly recommended reading to fully understand the scope of politics relating to drugs, nutrition and lack thereof in the United States and other developed countries - PRX)

³ Lazarou J, et al. Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. JAMA 1998 Apr 15;279(15):1200-5.

⁴ Bates DW. Drugs and adverse drug reactions: how worried should we be? JAMA 1998 Apr 15;279(15):1216-7.

⁵Cimons M. “FDA Moves to Reduce Accidental Drug Deaths.” LA Times May 10, 1999. Home Edition Section: PART A Page: A-1.

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