Miracle cures? UK investigators go after fake coronavirus medicines

 

FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities said on Saturday they were clamping down on bogus cures for the coronavirus, which currently has no specific licensed treatment.

 

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it was investigating 14 fake or unlicensed products to treat COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

 

So far 3,605 Britons have died from the coronavirus, the latest data show, and experts have said deaths will continue to rise until the effect of recent lockdown measures filter through and slow the spread of the disease in the coming weeks.

 

MHRA said it was investigating fake self-testing kits, miracle cures and so-called "antiviral misting sprays".

 

"Don't be fooled by online offers for medical products to help prevent or treat COVID-19," Lynda Scammell, MHRA enforcement official said.

 

"There is no medicine licensed specifically to treat or prevent COVID-19, therefore any claiming to do so are not authorised and have not undergone regulatory approvals required for sale on the UK market."

 

Scammell added that MHRA was working alongside law enforcement agencies to combat the spread of fake and unlicensed medical products.

 

(Reporting by Andy Bruce; editing by William James)

 

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Some of these products are not so much fake as rather that the sellers are making exaggerated claims for their effectiveness. guaifenesin and other expectorants help, echinacea helps, zinc and vitamin C and D help, the Thai herb ''Fa-Talai-Jone" helps. None of these are cures but can stop a mild infection becoming serious. 

HMG's statement:

 

UK medicines and medical devices regulator investigating 14 cases of fake or unlicensed COVID-19 medical products

 

Link to what HMG are doing:

 

World's largest trial of potential coronavirus treatments rolled out across the UK

Edited April 4, 20206 yr by evadgib

My friend in the uk went to get one of these he had too meet 2 women in the woods at midnight! They had a cauldron he listend before he approached, "eye of toad,blood of kitten,slpeen of snake,by covid thou won't be smitten" gulping he approached,they repeated the mantra to him,adding he should tug one off when he got home.

 He followed the instructions ,he has now had an erection for 4 days. So yes be careful.

Have you seen the price on Ebay for Dettol products which would normanly cost £1.99 selling for over £20.  This should be stopped.

10 hours ago, anterian said:

Some of these products are not so much fake as rather that the sellers are making exaggerated claims for their effectiveness. guaifenesin and other expectorants help, echinacea helps, zinc and vitamin C and D help, the Thai herb ''Fa-Talai-Jone" helps. None of these are cures but can stop a mild infection becoming serious. 

Scientific proof that any of these actually work please. Yes of course if your diet/lifestyle does not give you an adequate balanced supply of vitamins and minerals, then you would be healthier overall with one. That doesn't prove that any individual one of them "Helps" with Covid-19.