vicky_1744

Even when spurious drugs do not endanger life, they can leave the patient seriously ill and those with inadequate potency do bigger harm to the society in general. Drug resistance develops when patients consume drugs with inadequate potency forcing them to look for costlier new generation drugs. And these patients could put the entire society at risk by spreading drug resistance. Unlike other cases where the consumer knows his intent, the spurious drug industry thrives on consumers' ignorance, lack of stiff penalty for indulging in such activity and finally on lax regulatory system. Packaging is so nearly perfect that distinguishing a spurious drug from a genuine one is almost impossible as the fake makers are investing nearly 20 percent of the total investment in packaging.(a recent finding).