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Are elderly people easy targets for counterfeit drug dealers?
There are many reasons why the elderly become targets of counterfeit drug dealers, including but not limited to the following:

1. The health status of the elderly is relatively fragile, and the demand for health care products and medicines is relatively large, which is often easily used by unscrupulous merchants;

2. The elderly are generally unfamiliar with the introduction of new media such as the Internet and mobile phones, and are easily confused by all kinds of virtual false propaganda such as "magic medicine" and "secret recipe";

The elderly are more charitable than usual, and are easily deceived by some fake drug dealers under the banner of "saving lives".

How to prevent your old people from being cheated? Here are some suggestions:

1. Strengthen health knowledge education for the elderly, help them distinguish fake drugs from health care products, and raise their awareness of self-protection;

2. Educate the elderly not to believe in all kinds of advertisements and propaganda, and not to blindly buy drugs and health care products that don't know famous brands;

3. It is suggested that the elderly should choose formal channels when purchasing drugs and health care products, such as hospitals and pharmacies;

4. Family members can properly supervise the shopping behavior of the elderly, help the elderly to distinguish between true and false, and prevent being deceived.