Monterey, CA More Than 1,600 Fake Pharmacies Shut Down, Selling Counterfeit Drugs

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Many seniors hoping to save money on prescription drugs have been ordering them from Canada.  Worse yet, some people have been ordering them from one of the many unknown companies which send out massive email blasts.  Most of these are unreliable companies if not complete scams.  According to  The Wall Street Journal, working with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and a number of different law enforcement agencies, a whopping 1,600 fake prescription sales web sites were shut down last week.  Some of them carried the name brand Walgreens and CVS but they had nothing to do with the real drug chains.  They were selling counterfeit prescription drugs, some of which had dangerous ingredients in them.  More than 50 people were arrested and more than $40 million in medicines seized.  Good riddance to them.  Please, be careful and only order prescription drugs from pharmacies you trust.  You could be risking your own life by buying drugs from one of these illicit drug companies.

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