[Robin]

The holiday season is just around the bend and many people will be heading online in search of a bargain. Whether it is parents or kids, you have to be carefully about what you are buying online. Perhaps the biggest example, which is in the news now, are the stories about buying H1N1 drugs online.

The U.S.'s Food and Drug Administration is warning people seeking to protect their families that drugs sold online could be contaminated and might include unknown ingredients. In a recent report, the FDA states it ordered drugs online. They arrived, according to the report, in an unmarked envelope from India, and included white tablets taped between pieces of paper. The pills did not contain ingredients that are in the FDA-approved drugs, but included talc and acetaminophen.

Currently the only FDA-approved anti-viral drugs for the virus (which has been called swine flu) are Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir).

Robin

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