WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday against possible counterfeit drugs being sold on Canadian Internet sites.
The FDA said preliminary lab results show counterfeit versions of popular prescription drugs have been intercepted in orders filled by Mediplan Prescription Plus Pharmacy and Mediplan Global Health in Manitoba.
The fake drugs included versions of Lipitor, Diovan, Actonel, Nexium, Hyzaar, Ezetrol (known as Zetia in the United States), Crestor, Celebrex, Arimidex and Propecia.
The FDA identified the following sites as sales portals for the two providers: RxNorth.com, Canadiandrugstore.com, Rxbyfax.com, Northcountryrx.com, Canada-pharmacy.com, My-canada-pharmacy.com, NLRX.com, Canampharmacy.com, Canada-Meds-For-Less.net and Canadian-safe.com.
In 2005, an FDA sweep at airports in New York, Miami and Los Angeles netted hauls of drugs being promoted as "Canadian" and found 85 percent actually came from 27 other countries.
The agency advised Thursday anyone possessing drugs obtained through the two suspect providers to dispose of them, as they could be unsafe.
