Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Fake Drugs Spurring Increase In Drug-Resistant Malaria.



The NPR (12/19, Beaubien) "Shots" blog reports, "Counterfeit drugs are a growing scourge around the world. They're generating millions of dollars in revenue for organized crime and fueling the rise of drug-resistant parasites. Anti-malarials are among the most popular drugs to fake," and they are "particularly dangerous because malaria can kill a person in a matter of days." Although some of the "fake drugs are nothing more than repackaged sugar pills or chalk," sometimes they "contain small amounts of anti-malarial drugs." That can cause a drug resistance "to develop," which is what "appears to be happening now in Southeast Asia with one of the most powerful anti-malarials, artemisinin."
 
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