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The public health risks of counterfeit pills [PDF]

The Lancet Public Health
Summary: Synthetic illicit drugs, such as nitazenes and fentanyls, are becoming commonplace in countries around the world, including in Europe, Australia, and Latin America, which raises concern for overdose crises like those seen in North America.
Joseph Friedman, MD, Daniel Ciccarone, ProfMD   +1 more
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Public Awareness and Identification of Counterfeit Drugs in Tanzania: A View on Antimalarial Drugs

Advances in Public Health, 2016
Background. The illicit trade in counterfeit antimalarial drugs is a major setback to the fight against malaria. Information on public awareness and ability to identify counterfeit drugs is scanty. Aim.
Linus Mhando, Mary B. Jande, Anthony Liwa, Stanley Mwita, Karol J. Marwa   +4 more
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Perception of falsified and counterfeit medicines among adults living in Mexico City and the metropolitan area: an underappreciated health risk [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Falsified and counterfeit medicines represent a growing global public health concern and straddles business implications, and their proliferation has intensified worldwide.
Jessica Citlalli Celaya Pérez, Tania Ibargüengoitia Larios, Maria de los Angeles Frías Fernández, Manuel Abraham Gómez Martínez, Kenneth Rubio Carrasco, Kenneth Rubio Carrasco, Raúl Lugo Villegas, Arely Vergara-Castañeda   +7 more
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Quality of antidiabetic medicines in 13 sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional surveyResearch in context [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Summary: Background: The burden of diabetes is rising dramatically in low- and middle-income countries. The menace of substandard and falsified drugs constitutes a major hazard that compromises healthcare.
Marie Antignac, Roland N'Guetta, Philippe Henri Secretan, Bernard Do, Meo Stephane Ikama, Jean Bruno Mipinda, Ibrahim Ali Toure, Jean Laurent Takombe, Yves Lubenga, Mouhamadoul Mounir Dia, El Bou Isselmou Boukhary Ould, Maxwell Dalaba, Naby Moussa Balde, Amadou Kake, Ely Cheikh Ibrahima Sy, Pauline Cavagna, Marie Cécile Perier, Eugène Sobngwi, Pr Badara Cisse, Christian Boitard, J.P. Empana, I. Bara Diop, Maimouna Ndour Mbaye, Xavier Jouven   +23 more
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Combined Thermal and Colorimetric Analysis as a Tool for Detecting Counterfeit Viagra^® Tablets [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to perform a comparative analysis of the original Viagra® product and sildenafil-containing tablets obtained from illegal sources (the darknet).
Paweł Ramos, Sławomir Wilczyński, Klaudia Stocerz, Roman Adamczyk, Anita Stanjek-Cichoracka   +4 more
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Facing Counterfeit Medications in Sexual Medicine. A Systematic Scoping Review on Social Strategies and Technological Solutions

Sexual Medicine, 2021
: Introduction: The counterfeit phenomenon is a largely under-reported issue, with potentially large burden for healthcare. The market for counterfeit drugs used in sexual medicine, most notably type 5 phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE5i), is rapidly ...
Andrea Sansone, MD, PhD, Béatrice Cuzin, MD, Emmanuele A. Jannini, MD   +2 more
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Health Care Providers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Counterfeit Medicines in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, South West Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2022
There is a paucity of evidence-based information regarding healthcare professionals’ awareness and views toward counterfeit medicines in developing countries.
Jafer Siraj BPharm, MSc, Abzayou Gebre BPharm, Miftah Shafi BPharm, MSc, Abdella Birhan BPharm, MSc, Fikadu Ejeta BPharm, MSc, Solomon Hambisa BPharm, MSc   +5 more
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NIR Spectroscopy to Identify Counterfeit Drugs

CHIMIA, 2011
Simon Meyer
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On-Site Identification of Counterfeit Drugs Based on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Siamese-Network Modeling

IEEE Access, 2021
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) has become one of the most important methods for counterfeit drugs identification for its low cost, non-destructive, and on-site detection.
Zheng An-Bing, Yang Hui-Hua, Pan Xipeng, Yin Li-Hui, Feng Yan-chun   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A review on recent progress in electrochemical detection of antimalarial drugs

Results in Chemistry, 2022
Malaria is among one of the world's oldest deadly diseases. According to the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) malaria report, an estimated 241 million cases and 627 000 malaria death were recorded globally in 2020.
Zondi Nate, Atal A.S. Gill, Ruchika Chauhan, Rajshekhar Karpoormath   +3 more
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