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Counterfeit Viagra, despite generally being cheaper, can contain harmful substances or substances that affect how Viagra works, such as blue printer ink, amphetamines, metronidazole, boric acid, and rat poison, as well as talcum powder and commercial paint. The annual counterfeit Viagra trade is worth an estimated $75 billion per year.

Viagra is one of the world's most counterfeited medicines. According to a Pfizer study, around 80% of sites claiming to sell Viagra were selling counterfeits.

Events

 * A gang was arrested in 2011 because of money laundering and selling counterfeit Viagra in the value of £10 million.
 * In 2013, two men were arrested because of smuggling 19,319 counterfeit Viagra tablets. The tablets were produced in China. Allegedly, the smuggling was done in the first 9 months of 2011.
 * From 2014 to 2016, the MHRA seized counterfeit Viagra in the value of £25 million. Each pill costed £2 or £3 each.
 * In 2015, 900,000+ Viagra pills worth more than 1 million yuans ($157,000) were seized in Nanjing, China. Each pill costed 0.3 to 1.5 yuans to produce and was sold for 80 yuans, resulting in a 70x to 330x profit margin.