Though we don’t pay much attention but it often happens with every one of us, when the man on the desk of a drugstore offers us the substitute of prescribed medicine saying that it contains the same salts or ingredients. This is where imitative drug scam begins and flourishes. In medical terms, it is called counterfeit medications scam that refers to sale of drugs that deceptively represent their origin. Often drug store owners (not all) promote less popular brands against big reputed brands of medicines and we happily accept their offers because these medicines cost significantly less than the branded medicines. From viewpoint of medicare institutes and various forerunners healthcare scam of imitative drugs can cause drastic health effects like acute allergies and sometime death of the patient. It often happens when patient’s body doesn’t respond to or is allergic to some salt present in the imitative drugs.
In opinion of various forerunners healthcare scam of counterfeit medications can be dangerous because it is not necessary that imitative medicine contains the same ingredients intended by your doctor. Not to forget that doctors prescribe you the medicines containing those specific ingredients that can help curing the disease you are suffering from. As rightly cautioned by researchers and many forerunners healthcare scam of imitative drugs can undoubtedly save few bucks but don’t let it happen at the cost of your life. Stick to the decision of buying the exact brand or name of the medicine, the one which the doctor has written on prescription, even if you have to run from store to store due to non-availability. In case that drug is truly out of stock, ask your doctor to arrange the same for you. Always check the wrapper for expiry date and most importantly cross check the name and strength of the medicine with the prescription given by the doctor. This little precaution can prevent your disease from turning into syndrome of some more unexpected disease nonetheless your ‘no’ to imitative drugs will automatically curb the counterfeit medications scam forever.
