You cannot legally buy Tamiflu without a prescription in Poland, because this drug, containing oseltamivir, is only available on prescription. For this, tamiflu is quite expensive. Perhaps this is the reason why "over the counter tamiflu" ads keep popping up.
Tamifluwithout a prescription was officially released in many countries in 2009, when AH1N1 became famous for the first time. However, fake tamiflu appeared on the US market just 10 days after the first cases of swine flu were revealed.
OTC Tamiflu: Talc and Paracetamol
When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tested samples of tamiflu bought online, it found that some samples contained trace amounts of tamiflu and some samples contained only talc and acetaminophen. - We do not know under what conditions these drugs were produced. They may contain contaminated ingredients, false or inappropriate doses of the active ingredient, said Alyson Saben of the FDA, who led the team fighting the trafficking of fake flu drugs, strongly advised against buying such drugs from unknown sources.
OTC Tamiflu: at your own risk
Doctors strongly advise against buying not only tamiflu but also all other pharmaceuticals from unreliable sources. They emphasize that at best such a drug simply will not work, but in less favorable circumstances, you can seriously harm yourself.
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