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Where can I get a medication tested for authenticity?

Asked Jul 17, 2008, 10:39 PM — 1 Answer
I bought some meds online. They're fairly tame antibiotics for acne. But, I want to make sure they are what they're supposed to be and not expired or fakes made in China and repackaged to look like the real thing.
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Jul 18, 2008, 05:35 AM


One take them to a drug store and let them look at them, they can often just spot the fake, Or you can pay a lab to do testing on them, but then they will destroy the medication and cost you 100's of dollars to do the test.

On TV the nashville news did a study, they ordered 100's of online medication, that should require a prescription about 80 percent were fake or very week versions of the drugs.
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