Demented Hamsters
11-08-2006, 06:47
Oh my, what a surprise! Buying drugs online can be dangerous!
Who woulda thunk that?
Warning of online drugs 'danger'
People who buy medicines over the internet could be unwittingly putting their health at risk, warn UK doctors.
Some drugs are fake and contain ingredients bearing little resemblance to the medicine named on the bottle, the Sunderland team told the Lancet.
Even if patients get the right drug, there is a risk of unchecked side effects and dangerous interactions.
The team reports the case of a woman who damaged her vision with oral steroids bought online from Thailand.
Cataracts
The 64-year-old woman had taken the drug for four years after making a self-diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome.
In February 2006, she went to the accident and emergency department of the Sunderland Royal Infirmary because she had noticed her eyesight failing for the previous six months.
The doctors who examined her discovered she had glaucoma and cataracts, caused by the steroids she had been taking.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4780107.stm
What was this woman thinking?! A self-diagnosis, followed by buying drugs from Thailand and then surprise when her vision goes.
I think on-line drug sales should be treated as a form of Darwinism, and as such not be liable to any criminal proceedings
Who woulda thunk that?
Warning of online drugs 'danger'
People who buy medicines over the internet could be unwittingly putting their health at risk, warn UK doctors.
Some drugs are fake and contain ingredients bearing little resemblance to the medicine named on the bottle, the Sunderland team told the Lancet.
Even if patients get the right drug, there is a risk of unchecked side effects and dangerous interactions.
The team reports the case of a woman who damaged her vision with oral steroids bought online from Thailand.
Cataracts
The 64-year-old woman had taken the drug for four years after making a self-diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome.
In February 2006, she went to the accident and emergency department of the Sunderland Royal Infirmary because she had noticed her eyesight failing for the previous six months.
The doctors who examined her discovered she had glaucoma and cataracts, caused by the steroids she had been taking.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4780107.stm
What was this woman thinking?! A self-diagnosis, followed by buying drugs from Thailand and then surprise when her vision goes.
I think on-line drug sales should be treated as a form of Darwinism, and as such not be liable to any criminal proceedings