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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