Proceedings of the PSK Conference (대한약학회:학술대회논문집)

The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea (대한약학회)
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The Change of the Components and Forms of the Counterfeit l00mg VIAGRA$^{TM}$ Tablets

  • Baeck, Seung-Kyung (Sect. of Drug-Toxicology, Div. of Physico-Cemistry) ;
  • Yang, Hoo-Yul (Office of Central Districts, National Institute of Scientific Investigatio) ;
  • Lim, Mie-Ae (Dept. of Legal Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigatio) ;
  • Park, Yoo-Sin (Dept. of Forensic Science, National Institute of Scientific Investigatio) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Chun (Dept. of Forensic Science, National Institute of Scientific Investigatio) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Woo (Dept. of Forensic Science, National Institute of Scientific Investigatio) ;
  • Park, She-Youn (Dept. of Forensic Science, National Institute of Scientific Investigatio) ;
  • Lee, Ju-Seon (Dept. of Forensic Science, National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
  • Published : 2003.10.01
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Abstract

VIAGRATM, an oral therapeutic agent for erectile dysfunction, is the citrate salt of sildenafil. VIAGRATM is formulated as blue, film-coated rounded-dia-mond-shaped tablets, equivalent to 25mg, 50mg and 100mg of sildenafil for oral administration. ViagraTM has been allowed to be sold at the drug store in Korea officially, but it is still increased to sell or use counterfeits or smuggled goods, because of its high price or strict restriction on both sale and purchase. Discrimination and analysis of 13 cases of VIAGRATM tablets for verification of genuineness or counterfeit were requested to our institute on the period, from January 1999 to July 2003. (omitted)

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