Recently, fake versions of two brand-name blood thinners were sold to Americans at pharmacies across Mexico. The pills contained no active pharmaceutical ingredients and could have killed the people they were sold to.

If you have a patient that is thinking about purchasing their medicine while on an upcoming trip, watch this video from the Partnership for Safe Medicines so that you can educate them on why doing so is a dangerous choice: https://youtu.be/En7mKoVoGmU