He took one look at the package and said that one of the ingredients causes permanent liver failure in 1 out of 1000 patients. No more Mexican drugs for me...
Fake/counterfeit medications in Mexico (and Latin America):
Mexican authorities are investigating the sale of fake or substandard medicine in a border town so popular among Americans seeking cheap medications link-->The FDA warned the public about the sale of counterfeit versions of Lipitor, Viagra, and an unapproved product promoted as "generic Evista" to U.S. consumers at pharmacies in Mexican border towns... link-->...here's a really scary one:
Viagra, Lipitor, Tamiflu, Ambien, Diflucan – popular and expensive drugs you probably prescribed in the last week – are under a growing threat. Increasingly sophisticated counterfeit copies of these and other medicines are entering the U.S. pharmaceutical market... link-->...what do you do now? Counterfeit prescription meds are showing up everywhere (even in Canada & the US)...