| Sumario: | ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: To de fi ne the mis si on of pro du cing com pa ni es on drug pac ka ge sa fety and to re ve al the le gal gap in this is su e. Ad di ti o nally to in form the pa ti ents and he alth pro fes si o nals abo ut de ter mi ning whet her the drug is fa ke or not using a mag nif ying glass. Ma te ri al and Met hods: In our study 76 types of fa ke and empty drug pac ka ges ob ta i ned from the in cur si ons to il le gal prin ting ho u - ses and as so ci a ted phar ma ci es by se cu rity for ces, we re eva lu a ted. As sess ments with VSC 5000 de vi ce revealed that fa ke pac ka ges we re dif fe rent from the ori gi nals with fo ur dis tinct pro per ti es. Pac ka ges we re as ses sed in 5 dis tinct gro ups by ad ding mi xed gro up. Dif fe rent pac ka ges in terms of two or mo - re fe a tu res are in the mi xed gro up. Whet her com pa red ori gi nal pac ka ge inc lu ded a spe ci fic se cu rity cons ti tu ent was al so eva lu a ted. Re sults: Pri ce fi gu re pro per ti es showed the highest variation fol lo wed by mi xed drugs, pac ka ge co lor dif fe ren ces, cut fra me dif fe ren ces, and pac ka ge ima ge dif fe ren ces, res pec ti vely. Ch i-squ a re test and Fis her's exact test ch i-squ a re tests we re used for com pa ri son of qu an - ti ta ti ve da ta. Le vel of sig ni fi can ce was ta ken as p<0.05. Conc lu si on: The re is a le gal gap abo ut se cu rity facts of drug pac ka ges. Se cu rity facts li ke ho log ram and em bos sed fi gu re that co uld be ea sily in ter - pre ted by pe op le and doc tors sho uld be le gally man da tory. A cli ni ci an who se pa ti ent do es not he al des pi te drug use or has a patient who ex pe ri en ces un de si red si de ef fects sho uld de mand to se e the drug pac ka ge and com pa re it with the ori gi nal drug pac ka ge. Ad di ti o nally, drug com pa ni es sho uld send clini ci ans a samp le of the drug that is pro du ced first or of which pac ka ge is chan ged.
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