(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 13 – There are 61 sites obscured by the Nas carabinieri in 2022 as part of the activity to combat pharmaceutical cybercrime conducted so far: these are active internet sites that can also be reached from Italy, which offered all users of different types of medicines, including some advertised as anti-Covid, and various products in violation of current provisions. Once again, the Nas state in a statement, “citizens are invited to be wary of online offers of unauthorized or dubious medicines and products, warning them of serious health risks”.
Even after the end of the state of emergency and the gradual reduction of emergency measures, say the Nas, “the virtual market conveyed by the Internet continues to be an important source of trade and supply of drugs for human use, very often unauthorized. with captivating claims and allegedly boasting properties capable of preventing and treating various pathologies “.
In addition to a series of drugs bearing various therapeutic indications and subject to prescription, as well as marketable only in pharmacies, including some related to the treatment of erectile dysfunction, on the virtual showcases of the obscured sites medicines related to the treatment of COVID-19 were offered, based on active ingredients subject to particular restrictions of use and specific indications for clinical or experimental use. In fact, the presence of ivermectin was detected, for which the EMA, in March 2021, issued a note recommending not to use the active ingredient for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 outside of clinical studies , the antibiotic azithromycin, with respect to which AIFA has provided clinicians with useful information to guide the prescription, the antivirals lopinavir / ritonavir and the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine, in relation to which the regulatory agency has issued specific recommendations on the use off label. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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