Table 3. Reported experiences involving falsified pharmaceuticals.

Falsified drugs	Tadalafil (3 cases), sildenafil (2 cases), paracetamol, nandrolone
Suspected falsified pharmaceuticals (no drug names)	• Cream tube with content lower than expected; • List of ingredients missing from the label of a galenic pharmaceutical; • Mineral (sodium/potassium) supplement; • Pharmaceuticals from Eastern Europe with additional labels and possibly not kept under proper conditions; • Pharmaceuticals bought in Africa with label reporting the wrong drug and/or without expected quality requirements; • Contraceptive pills with normal external packaging but modified internal blister; • Imported products, however apparently coming from an extra-EU country; • Dietary supplement for weight loss; • Falsified drug identified thanks to controls; • Para-pharmaceutical with altered colour.
Suspected cases reported by patients	•Patient reports contraceptive drug bought in another pharmacy, which contained a package insert written in Spanish; • Patient reports pharmaceutical products and parapharmaceuticals sold in a Chinese shop; • Patient shows a sildenafil-containing product bought on the web at low price and which was apparently produced in Morocco; • Patient shows a sildenafil-containing product bought on the web and apparently produced in Thailandia.