I have to say that there are many black-hearted businesses in society. Despite repeated battles and defeats, it has been repeatedly banned. As consumers, we certainly don't want to buy fake drugs. What shall we do? Identify yourself.
Let's teach you how to quickly identify counterfeit drugs.
The first trick: look at what is written on the outer packaging of drugs.
There are three main points in looking at the outer packaging:
The first point: look at the packaging. The simplest thing is to look at the printing quality of the outer packaging (packaging box or bottled label). On the drug packaging boxes or labels produced by regular manufacturers, the fonts are clearly printed, and there will be no illegible handwriting. If it is found that the printing quality is particularly poor and there are many overlapping images in the text, it is necessary to doubt whether it is fake and inferior drugs produced by small workshops.
The second point: look at the name of the medicine. Some fake drugs will get a cover that looks reliable, such as "Baiqi Jiangtang Capsule", and the problem will be big. Because according to the regulations, the generic name (Baiqi Jiangtang Capsule) and the trade name (Tangbiqing) cannot be placed on the same line, and the trade name cannot be enclosed in brackets.
The third point: look at the batch number. See if the label of the packaging box or bottle is marked with "drug name", "specification" and "production batch number" (as shown below). If any of these three items is missing, it should be suspected to be a fake. In addition, indications, usage and dosage, storage, production batch number, manufacturer and so on can also be written on the package.
Generally speaking, the packaging of counterfeit drugs has these characteristics: if there are self-proclaimed words such as "national new drugs", "protected varieties of traditional Chinese medicine", "GMP certification", "packaging of imported raw materials", "famous products", "modern science and technology" and "precious medicinal materials", it is highly suspected that they are counterfeit drugs.
The second trick: look at what is written in the manual.
After scanning the outer package, open the medicine box and read the instructions to see what information it tells you. Formal drug instructions should tell you "how to use this drug" instead of boasting "how good this drug is".
What? Open the medicine cabinet without instructions? This may be a problem.
There are two main points to read in the manual:
The first point: see if the contents described in the manual are complete. There should be ingredients, properties, usage and dosage, adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions, drug interaction, pharmacological effects, expiration date, implementation standards, etc. In the traditional drug instructions. Although the current market supervision is lax, not every manual can be so strict and meticulous. But if a manual doesn't even tell you "ingredients", "usage and dosage" and "expiration date", it is obviously problematic.
The second point: see if the format of the validity period is standardized. It can be written as "valid until August 20 16" or as simple as "valid until August 20 16" or "valid until August 20 16". However, please note that numbers must start with 0. If a drug says "valid until August 20 16". Without this 0, you should also suspect that there is a problem.
The third measure: look at the accurate words of Chinese medicine.
If you can't find the label of "Zhunzi of Traditional Chinese Medicine" through the whole medicine package and instructions, then there is probably something wrong with this medicine. But now corporate fraud is basically the same, with a string of letters and numbers printed on it.
The standard format should be "Chinese medicine quasi (trial) word 1 letter 8", and the letters include H, Z, S, B, T, F and J, where H is the most common chemical, Z is Chinese patent medicine, S is biological product, B is health care medicine, T is in vitro chemical diagnostic reagent, F is pharmaceutical auxiliary material, and J is imported packaging medicine. There are eight digits in the back, and there are problems with one more digit and one less digit.
Next, you enter this string of numbers into the "data query" column of CFDA official website, and then compare this approval number with the drugs you have:
Is the name of the medicine right?
Is the dosage form right?
Is the specification right?
Is the manufacturer right?
The most important thing is the indication, because counterfeit drugs generally exaggerate the efficacy or list some.
Don't believe the approval number at the beginning of "Wei". This document number has long been abolished, and the word "Shi Guo Jian" begins with health food, not medicine.
Learn the first three tricks, and it will be difficult for fake drugs on the market to cheat you.
What? Don't go to pharmacies, physical stores and other places to buy medicine, do you buy it online? Then you have to take a good look at the "qualification certificate number of Internet drug trading service organization" of online pharmacies.
Never believe the slogans such as "official", "flagship store" and "unique designation" marked by online pharmacies. Regular online pharmacies will mark this number in a prominent position on the home page, and you need to check it in CFDA. Yes, also in the "data query" column, select "online pharmacy". But even qualified online pharmacies can't sell prescription drugs at present. If you buy it, either this medicine is not regular, or this shop is not regular, which is worthy of good doubt.