An I Team investigation exposes an issue causing concern across the nation. In a six month investigation I Team gained unprecedented access by U. Customs and the FDA to uncover bad medicine. You may think if you avoid buying drugs from the internet you re protecting yourself. Even the last prescription you picked up from the pharmacy could have counterfeit drugs. It has happened right here in Indianapolis. In July a year old woman died in Canada. She d taken sleeping pills full of poison purchased from an online pharmacy. In a widely reported case a St. Louis woman with breast cancer also died. A drug from the Cancer Clinic Nurse was counterfeit. More than million pieces of mail come through the JFK mail facility. In the customs enforcement cage unapproved cialis was found and headed for Bloomington Indiana. The real cialis is manufactured by Lilly in Indianapolis. We have tablets of antibiotics not meant for single use meant for distribution. Would i! t be to individuals or to pharmacies Monfort said It could be both. FDA tests have found much more than wrong dosages. Some of the testing found lead paint used to paint the yellow lines. The FDA said there have been a number of ingredients used as binding agents in tablets. Some counterfeits are so good it s tough to tell the real drugs from the fake. Those packages come back with our handwriting on the boxes said Monfort. It said senior FDA management is aware of the deterriorating situation at these mail facilities. The FDA even requested permission from health and human services for customs to deny entry of all these drugs. It never happened so counterfeit drugs are getting into the United States with little to no review or testing. The FDA said by law we have to return the packages to the sender. However customs and border protection can seize and immediately destroy packages found to contain counterfeit drugs.

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