"Advertisements and sales pitches to North Carolina residents and
employers encouraging the purchase of prescription drugs
from “Canadian” pharmacies. The public is reminded that
federal law prohibits the importation of prescription drugs
from foreign countries, except by the original manufacturer,
and even then, only for emergency purposes. Moreover,
the advertised “pharmacies” (which are often not pharmacies
and are “Canadian” only insofar as the name includes
“Canada” and the website displays a red maple leaf) are not
licensed and overseen by the Board – and cannot be. Finally,
importing drugs from “Canadian” or other foreign “pharmacies”
is highly dangerous. These outfits are often purveyors
of counterfeit, adulterated, and dangerous products. Patients
can be, and have been, seriously harmed by them."
quoted from July 2017 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter
quoted from July 2017 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter
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