# The hidden peril: Ecuador's struggle with substandard and falsified medicines

**Authors:** Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez, Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1773488 · Frontiers in Public Health · 2026-02-04

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** death (MESH:D003643), poisoning (MESH:D011041), seizure (MESH:D012640)
- **Chemicals:** fentanyl (MESH:D005283)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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