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1 IN men may be ‘gambling with their lives’ by buying potentially fake viagra from the internet.

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GET IT FROM YOUR DOCTOR

V I A G R A DON’T BE A BOGUS BRIT

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Viagra

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Viagra is usually sold on prescription between per pill compared to being soldand £7

£2

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“FAKE GAMBLING”

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It is likely that the cause of when discussing erectile dysfunction with a doctor is what makes men turn to buying Viagra online.

embarrassment

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may be too little to take effect

Even if fake tablets do contain Viagra’s active ingredient sildenafil, it may be in such a high quantity as to be dangerous; or there

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W O U L D Y O U BUY DRUGS OFF SOMEONE

YOU CAN’T SEE?

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Aged 64,Peter Gillespie was involved in the global network stretching from China to Belgium. He packaged the Chinese made drugs to make them look genuine medicines for cancer, heart conditions and mental illness. 100,000 doses were given to patients in care homes and hospitals as well as pharmacies. He was imprisoned for eight years after gaining a profit of over 3 million pounds.

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Shazia Amjad boxed and packaged the drugs in the garden shed of her home in Uxbridge, west London.When police raided it last November they found counterfeit medicines worth more than £250,000.In September Amjad pleaded guilty to money laundering, possession of a class C drug with intent to supply and identity fraud offences, she was imprisoned for two years.

Shazia Amjad

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H O W D O Y O UK N O W W H A T S G E N U I N E

A N D W H A T S N O T ?

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FAKEPharmaceutical web sites have been found operating in

BRITAIN alone

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effective fake pain relief

When online do not buy from a seller that doesn’t require a prescription.

Genuine sellers online should have pharmacists available to answer questions.

Be aware of online pharmacies that do not have an address and contact number as they may be making it harder for the suppliers to be tracked down.

Most counterfeit drugs are visually indistinguishable in appearance from the real things, it’s what’s put inside that poses a risk to health. Some contain active ingredients but in a different dosage, others have additional ingredients that do not interact well together.

Most counterfeit drugs are visually

unnoticable in appearance from the real things, it’s

what’s put inside that poses a risk to the body.

Some contain active ingredients but in a

different weight, others have added

ingredients that do not combine well together.

W H E R E ARE THE COUNTERFEIT DRUGS

C O M I N G F R O M ?

RussianA large quantity of counterfeit drugs sold online to the British public come from

Chineseorganisations

These groups are making billions of dollars and putting thousands of lives at risk. They are not only attacking Britain but are working their way to a much larger

global scale

China are slowly shifting away from selling fake “lifestyle” drugs such as Viagra on the internet to concentrating on supplying counterfeit “life-saving” drugs to the NHS.

Counterfeit Capital

Britain has become the counterfeit capital of Europe for fake Viagra pills as men buy cheap versions of the drug.

DON’T BE A

Don’t buy online,Buy from your pharmacy

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