This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a public health warning about prescription medications sold by online pharmacies. The public health agency said some online pharmacies could be selling prescription drugs tainted with the potent opioid fentanyl, which can be deadly.

The search for more affordable medications might cause people to access dangerous counterfeit drugs sold as genuine products by online pharmacies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Wednesday.

CDC on Potential Public Health Risk Among Individuals Ordering Counterfeit Prescription Medications from Online Pharmacies

The online pharmacies are hurting legitimate national and local pharmacies like Lewis Drug…and they’re killing some people with unregulated counterfeit pills. Griffin says it’s critical to deal with legitimate companies.

In just a few clicks, you can find Adderall alternatives and popular weight loss drugs deeply discounted. Now, the CDC and the FDA are warning Americans about the risks of buying counterfeit prescription meds from online illegal pharmacies. "It's a big problem," said Sherri Cherman, PharmD, CEO and Founder of Elements Pharmacy in Studio City.

Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday alerted public health officials and clinicians about the potential risk for drug overdose among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medicines from online pharmacies.

There's been a spike in illegal online pharmacies selling fake pills for Oxycodone, Adderral and Xanax and other drugs that actually contain the deadly dru

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is informing public health officials, clinicians, and affected patients, their families, and caregivers about a potential public health risk among individuals ordering what they believe to be prescription medications from online pharmacies.