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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA can prevent the importation of such drugs – but the agency is actually encouraged by law not to do so if the import is for personal use only. It’s also a story about consumers and their providers navigating conflicting public information about buying less expensive medicines online from foreign countries. Is the drug safe?

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA’s capacity to evaluate new and generic drug applications and its oversight over drug manufacturing are why we have this degree of assurance. The FDA is also looked to by drug regulatory authorities in other countries for its strengths. The medications that we obtain in the U.S., and other high-income countries.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

XTalks

President Jair Bolsonara recently admitted that he, too has tested positive for COVID-19 and he, like Trump, believes in the medicinal power of hydroxychloroquine, despite good evidence to the contrary. More than one in four nursing homes in the US has reported cases of coronavirus infection.