Circulation of counterfeit drugs has a long and still difficult to control. In recent years, the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) noted that migraine headaches and the most widely counterfeited malaria than any other drug.
"In 5 to 6 years I think the most widely counterfeited Ponstan, malaria drugs such as Fansidar," said Drs Roland Hutapea, MSc, Apt, Director of Monitoring and Therapeutics Products Distribution Health Household Supplies BPOM in talk show on counterfeit drugs in the Office of BPOM .
Ponstan which has an active ingredient mefenamic acid-suppressing drugs for the pain that is widely used to cope with a headache or toothache. This drug is widely used because most people never feel the pain of headaches or other reasons.
Because this is a big need, Roland assess migraine headaches so much falsified. Other drugs are much forged as much in need is antibiotics, which are also many kinds, ranging from penicillin, tetracycline, and so forth.
Powerful drugs such as Cialis (tadalafil) and Viagra (sildenafil) is also commonly counterfeited because many in need. Even stimulants that actually include these hard drugs, fake versions are sold in roadside shanties in the palm close to the place of prostitution.
Besides being widely used, one of the many reasons why a particular drug is fake because it is expensive. Roland did not cite a lot of expensive counterfeit drugs, but are usually sold at prices far cheaper than the original version.
Roland's own estimates, the circulation of fake drugs in Indonesia are not many that are detected and their number ranged at only about 1 percent of total national drug consumption. However, Roland confirmed that counterfeit medicines to the affairs of the one drug alone can not be tolerated.
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