Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of suspect cases of illegal medicine imports rose by 92 percent in the first half of 2009, with half of them coming from Asia and the majority of those coming from India. “Erectile dysfunction” drugs were the most common, accounting for 24 percent of the total of 568 shipments confiscated by Swiss customs, with slimming drugs and muscle enhancers 14 and 12 percent respectively.

Slimming drugs are being illegally imported at a higher rate and Swissmedic, the body charged with testing products for customs, says that many of these do not contain what they say: vegetable-based products sometimes contain synthetics which can be dangerous and cause serious side effects.

The group also cautions against ordering online medicines, which are often of dubious origin.

Swissmedic guide to online buying, in English

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