A tourist souvenir shop for Chinese tourists in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was reported for illegal sale of drugs. It was investigated by officials of the Ministry of Health and police in the relevant jurisdictions on the 5th. The Chinese Embassy in Thailand and Thailand Tourism Bureau issued shopping reminders to tourists. Complete receipt for rights protection.
Mano Rong, a pharmacist in Chiang Mai’s health department who participated in the investigation, said that the health department in Chiang Mai receives consumers’ reports about illegal sales of foods and medicines almost every day. In 2016, it cracked nearly 40 cases. In these cases, The shop sells drugs illegally produced in underground workshops; there are also individuals who sell illicit drugs, such as some tour guides selling to visitors in the car without production lot number and any certification of 'snakes'. (According to Xinhua News Agency)
It is recommended that overseas purchases of medicines should be made at regular pharmacies or at pharmacies in big supermarkets and big shopping malls. There are doctors who use drugs to guide these places and are not prone to counterfeit drugs. In addition, a full receipt must be obtained when shopping for rights protection.
Regardless of Haitao's purchase of medicines in the country, it is possible to identify genuine and fake medicines through 'see, profile, sense, test, test, nuclear, analysis'.
Smell the odor. If you encounter counterfeit medicines on your commonly used drugs, you may wish to recall their special odors. For example, compound licorice tablets have a strong taste of Chinese medicine, this method is suitable for distinguishing between external medicines, some tablets and capsules , granules, etc.
The scent is too strong during chewing. Some counterfeit medicines add too much sugar and flavor, they are very sweet when chewed, and they have a strong artificial flavor. These counterfeit medicines are often used to counterfeit gold throat lozenges, watermelon frost lozenges, etc. Mouth tablets, fruity vitamins, etc.
Some taste salty and bitter. Berberine, ciprofloxacin, metronidazole and other drugs are particularly bitter, and counterfeit drugs sometimes mixed with baking soda, taste a bit salty. Available needles, toothpicks capture, with the tip of the tongue to identify .
No taste. Tetracycline tablets, oryzanol tablets taste slightly bitter, and some fake medicinal flour, talcum powder or starch instead, almost no taste. Available matchstick, steel spoon scoop or scrape and taste. This method is only suitable In commonly used drugs.
Soaking water. Many of the 'main ingredients' of counterfeit medicines are starch, flour, talc, etc. If you suspect that you have bought a counterfeit medicine, you can make it 'show the truth' by flooding and rinsing. For example, talcum powder substitutes for counterfeit medicines. In water immersion, the solution shows a clear grey or grey precipitate after boiling; the excessive wax is added to the polish, and after boiling it is found that there is a layer of wax floating on the surface of the water.
Burning. Burning, burning, tablet color, odor, change of leftover residue, and odor can help identify counterfeit drugs. If synergistic sulfone tablets are burned in a steel scoop, the authenticity is generally in a burning state. 3. Talc powder made mainly of fake drugs cannot burn.
Grinding. Crush and grind the discarded sugar-coated tablets with a medicine bottle. From the color or odor it produces, you can also distinguish counterfeit medicines. For example, crushing and grinding cephalexin tablets, after a few seconds, there will be a more concentrated smell; Take a little bit of dermatitis ointment and put it in your hands. The original product will have a special smell of chewing gum, while the fake dermatitis ointment does not have this flavor. ▲
