Decline in medications detected.
Illegally imported medications pose health risks. Often, they have no packaging or product information leaflet, or they are a non-standard dosage or contain undeclared ingredients.
The amount of medications and doping preparations seized last year fell by 30.7% compared to 2021 (2022: 7,806; 2021: 11,263). In 2022, the FOCBS reported 6,793 consignments of medications to Swissmedic and 1,013 consignments of doping preparations to Swiss Sport Integrity. Unsurprisingly, erectile dysfunction drugs account for nearly 79% of these products, which mostly arrive by post from Eastern Europe or Asia. This figure is slightly up compared to 2021 (77.3%).
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
Medications and doping preparations |
7,486 |
11,263 |
7,806 |
of which, medications reported |
6,733 |
9,421 |
6,793 |
The FOCBS checks whether these medications are approved or compliant, and whether the authorised amount for a month's treatment of one person has been respected. If a suspect consignment is detected, the FOCBS informs Swissmedic and seizes the goods. For doping preparations, by contrast, the "zero tolerance" rule applies.
Main medications seized:
- Erectile dysfunction drugs (79%)
- Sleeping tablets and tranquillisers (6%)
- Hormones (incl. melatonin) (5%)
- Nasal sprays and laxatives (4%)
- Antibiotics, antiparasitics, antivirals (2%)
- Painkillers (1%)
- Other (3%)
Origin of seized medications:
- Eastern Europe 34%
- Asia (without India) 27%
- Western Europe 26%
- India 9%
- Other 4%
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