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Fake drug industry operates openly

...These tablets, sold as Vigora, in a graphic blue and black box that doesn’t leave the affect of the drug to imagination, comes with a clear warning that the Schedule H drug is “to be sold by retail on the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner only.” A maximum retail price of Rs106.33 is also clearly marked on the side.“How much?

” ““Tees rupiya (Rs30),” the store manager said.

The transaction is over within minutes.

No questions asked, no prescription needed, no receipt provided.Vigora is actually a genuine generic version of Viagra and marketed by German remedies division of Cadila Healthcare Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based company that in turn gets the drug from HAB Pharmaceuticals & Research Ltd in Dehradun.

A spokesperson for Cadila said the genuine Vigora is usually sold for about Rs110 and as a prescription drug.

While the one obtained from Bhagirath Palace does have a batch number as well as both a manufacturing and expiry date, its cut-rate price suggests it is quite unlikely to be the real Vigora but more likely to be a knock-off that is extremely well packaged, down to the printed laundry list of instructions to patients inside the box.“There is a big menace of spurious drugs,” says a senior Cadila executive who did not want his name used.

“Discounts can make a drug that costs Rs106 cheaper by around Rs20-Rs25, but if it is selling at Rs30, then there must be something wrong with it.”Indeed, a 2004 survey by ...

'I shared gift of life'

...When you consider that you need at least seven million sperm, we knew our chances of conceiving were pretty low."We also tried conventional IVF but although some embryos were produced, we had no luck."Peter, now 34, had always told Siaron he didn't mind if they resorted to sperm donation, but it was really important for her that they shared a child that was genetically theirs.But, as his condition got progressively worse, she realised donor sperm would be their only chance of having a baby.She said: "As Peter deteriorated, it became more and more important to me to have a baby at any cost so we decided we would try with donor insemination."It was all pretty straightforward.

I'd been taking hormones to stimulate my ovaries and three embryos were implanted."It worked and I found out in August 1999 that I was expecting.

I won't pretend the hormone treatment wasn't uncomfortable and very emotional, but we were so relieved that it had worked."Siaron admits she had an ideal pregnancy and exactly the delivery she had planned in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital near Llantrisant.A...

Down under: When things aren't quite right

... SunJournal.com - Down under: When things aren't quite right Welcome Guest - Please Login Today is April 29, 2007 Current Temperature: 47 in Lewiston, Maine Login News bSection Lewiston/Auburn River Valley Oxford Hills Franklin County State New England National Obits and Funerals Matter of Record Health & Nutrition Photo Gallery Projects Sports Local Scoreboard Community National Ski Report Community Connections Trophy Room Nuptials Academic Advocate Weather Business Stocks Entertainment Encore Opinion Editorial Page Advice Search and Back Issues Blogs - Sun Spots - Our View - Hot Corner - Huddle Up - The Q Factor - Bliss Thru Shopping - Shrunken heads are all the rage - Man, I'm in Maine Printer Friendly Version Email Story Increase Text Decrease Text iPod Friendly Discussion Down under: When things aren't quite right By Jessica Peralta , SqueezeOC Sunday, April 29, 2007 Nobody likes being sick.

But feeling sick down there can add embarrassment to the misery.Here's a list of a few common problems of the genital and surrounding areas in case you were too embarrassed to ask about them.Male conditions• Enlarged prostate: The condition is seen in men as they age, but not all men show s...

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