<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eric Deconinck</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medicines in Disguise and How to Find Them</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WIREs Forensic Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">analytical techniques</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Illegal medicines</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">medicines in disguise</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan-12-2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In the context of the fight against illegal and falsified medicines, the illegal adulteration of dietary supplements and other products,&lt;br&gt;
like cosmetics, medical devices, and food products, with pharmaceutical ingredients is an underestimated phenomenon and&lt;br&gt;
is generally indicated as medicines in disguise. However, from the point of view of protecting public health, medicines in disguise&lt;br&gt;
represent a serious risk for consumers' health due to adverse effects and possible interactions with therapies already used by a&lt;br&gt;
patient to treat a (chronic) medical condition, and who is unaware he is taking a medicine. With an overview of a series of cases&lt;br&gt;
reported in the literature, this paper intends to raise awareness about this issue, emphasizing the extent of products that may be&lt;br&gt;
concerned and the range of adulterants that may be encountered. Equally important are the analytical techniques, suitable for&lt;br&gt;
the detection and identification of adulterants and the analysis of medicines in disguise. Laboratories have a whole plethora of&lt;br&gt;
techniques at their disposal; however, there is also a need for simple portable screening techniques to support customs officers&lt;br&gt;
and inspectors in their choice of identifying products as suspicious and their decision to seize.&lt;/p&gt;
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