Health Canada Thugs: "Beware of online swine-flu remedies"

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These pharmaceutical thugs who have the government out in front of them enforcing a "legal" monopoly has become completely out-of-control.

Out of Canada:

Beware of online swine-flu remedies: Health Canada

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As flu activity picks up across the country, federal authorities are warning Canadians not to buy unauthorized products from the internet or other sources that claim to fight the H1N1 virus.

The Competition Bureau and Health Canada issued a statement Wednesday saying that only three products are authorized for use against the virus: the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline called Arepanrix, which is available at flu clinics and doctors' offices, and the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza.

However, a quick tour around the internet found lots of sites offering remedies and potions that promise to kill the swine flu virus or protect you from getting it in the first place.

Other websites attached incorrect messages and labels to otherwise legal products or homeopathic remedies that, on their own, did not claim to kill the H1N1 virus.

"These people look for opportunity and they look for anxiety and fear in the marketplace," said Lynda Pasacreta, head of the Better Business Bureau for mainland B.C.

website, squidoo.com, claimed the cure for swine flu could be found right in your kitchen. And so easy to make: Just mix two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, one tablespoon of honey, and one cup of warm water each morning. "This may prevent and kill microbes that are trying to infect your body," the description claims.

The website touted garlic, vitamin C and zinc lozenges as products that would ward off swine flu.

It also posted links to several homeopathic medicines, including Sprayology Cold + Flu, which could be purchased at Amazon.com for prices in the $20 US range. To be fair to the makers of Sprayology Cold + Flu, the product's own description made no swine-flu claim. It bills itself as a way to ease general cold and flu symptoms.

Health Canada says it will monitor the internet and take action against websites selling unauthorized products for the treatment or prevention of the H1N1 flu virus or any other health condition.

The agency warned that vaccines should only come from a qualified health-care provider, and antivirals should only be purchased with a prescription from a health-care practitioner who has examined the patient.