Seven methods of distinguishing true and false drugs
1, see the approval number.
The State Administration of Pharmaceutical Products stipulates that drugs produced after June 30, 2003 shall be given a new approval number, and the original approval number [× Wei Yao Zhunzi] and [× Wei Yaojian] shall be abolished. The format of the new approval number is: national medicine standard.
The word+1 pinyin letters +8 digits, the letters indicate the drug category with pinyin prefix, and the digits indicate the department, year and serial number that approved the drug production. Counterfeit drugs often use the abolished approval number.
Step 2 look at the manufacturer
According to the provisions of the State Administration of Pharmaceutical Products, the standardized drug instructions must indicate the name, address, postal code, telephone number, fax number and website of the manufacturer. In order to facilitate patients to contact and identify the true and false. And counterfeit drugs are very important for such projects.
Labeling content is often incomplete.
Step 3 look at drug packaging
The packaging quality of qualified drugs is good, the font and pattern are clear, the printing color is exquisite, the color is uniform, the surface is smooth, and the anti-counterfeiting mark is bright. Most of the packaging of counterfeit drugs is poor in texture, with rough fonts and patterns printed and bright colors.
Rigid and fuzzy anti-counterfeiting mark.
Step 4 read the drug instructions
Qualified drug instructions have good paper, uniform printing and typesetting, clear even the smallest font, accurate and complete content, and strict indications. However, the fake drug instructions are poorly printed, illegible, incomplete and poorly arranged.
The list is wrong, and the curative effect and scope of application are arbitrarily exaggerated.
5, look at the batch number and date
The packaging of qualified drugs should be marked with [product batch number], [production date] and [expiration date], and the handwriting is mostly laser printed. Fake drugs often lack one or two of the three items, and the printed handwriting is mostly grease.
Sealed.
6, look at the appearance of drugs
Careful observation of the appearance of counterfeit drugs often has the following problems: tablets: uneven color, discoloration, spots, adhesion, loose tablets, deliquescence and so on. ; The surface of sugar-coated tablets is faded, exposed, cracked and moldy. Injection: appear
Discoloration, turbidity, precipitation, crystallization, floc, etc. Aqueous agent: precipitation, crystallization, mildew and floc appear. Particles: particles that are sticky, caking, melting and uneven. Paste: dehydration, drying, water-oil separation, presence or absence.
The rancid smell of oil.
7. Buy from legal and regular medical institutions and pharmacies, and keep the drug packaging, instructions and invoices.
Never go to a clinic without a medical institution license or a pharmacy without a drug business license for convenience or greed. Beware of the scam of actually selling fake drugs with free lectures, gifts and free clinic signs; also
Don't believe in illegal advertisements and mail-order drugs.