Saturday, March 26, 2011

Fake Po Chai Pills

I used to have this within reach.Then I started avoiding it at all cost.

After a non stop lau sai episode at one of the shops listed here,I took it and got Mount Erskine crematorium raffle ticket number 3,ending up with both ends of my orifices busy discharging crap.
That simply shows that the fake products are still floating about in Penang shops waiting for some unsuspecting victim to succumb to the grim reapers sickle.
There is no way to know for sure if the hologram sticker is genuine,as evident in the recent police report lodged by the Malaysian Pristin Fish Oil supplement agent,with regards to their discovering fake Pristin hologram stickers.
Also no one in their right mind will take Poh Chai pills for fun.You only pop it in when you are ill,not when you are well.Therefore,the only time you will discover that it is a fake is when you are down with something.

Why am I posting up an article that is almost a year old?
Well,some parents might think that their kids are over reacting,but if this happens to your little ones,please take it seriously.They are not faking it and neither will they be getting better.
Forcing them to swallow this will take a toll on their small bodies.

Some make their kids take this with warm water to stop vomiting.If the vomiting takes a turn for the worse please stop immediately and throw the medicine away.Encourage them to take lots of water to flush it out of their system.No juice,no assam,no hot drinks,no milo.Just water.

I myself had ailment no.3.My stomach rejected it and that caused me to throw everything up.Which was strange since that had never happened before. I am glad my body's mechanism countered whatever poison was present and retched it up completely.

If your body reacts in the following ways after consuming it,that could mean that you have probably just bought a fake version of this medicinal wonder...
  1. gastric pain
  2. nausea
  3. vomiting
  4. peptic ulcer
  5. bleeding
will all come complimentary courtesy of fake Po Chai manufacturers.

Nowadays I let my tummy run its course.
There is no more Po Chai in my home or my purse.
I get an M.C.,stay home and sit atop my toilet throne.

Article taken from The Sun

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Beware of Fake Po Chai pills
28.6.2011

The Health Ministry has warned the public to beware of fake Po Chai pills which are suspected to contain diclofenac poison.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican, in a statement released on Friday, advised the public to ensure that they purchase the original product (which is used to relieve fever, flu, diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach ache) and not the fake pills, following a warning that was issued by the Hongkong Health Department last Tuesday.
The department warned the public not to buy or use the ‘Po Chai’ pills from the 21214 group, which was declared "fake".
"The pills from this group are found to be different in the aspect of packaging and the colour of the pills that are darker compared to the original product," Mohd Ismail said.
He said the Malaysian Drugs Control Authority has registered a product manufactured by Li Chung Shing Tong, Hongkong under the name ‘Poh Chai’ pills (reg no. MAL19988034T).
"The sole manufacturer of Poh Chai pills in Malaysia, Po Chai Herbal Technology (M) Sdn Bhd has assured that the group 21214 product, which contains diclonefac is not manufactured by the Hongkong manufacturer and that it is a fake product," Mohd Ismail said.
Diclonefac is a painkiller which causes side-effects like gastro-intestinal disorder, including gastric pain, nausea, vomiting, peptic ulcer and bleeding.
"It is a poison listed in the First Table of the Poison Act 1952 and only can be given by a doctor or pharmacist," he said.
Mohd Ismail said the registered traditional products in Malaysia are evaluated in terms of quality and security and have a hologram sticker