From the Vancouver Sun:
The Quadra Island woman who died after taking tainted pills she bought on the Internet became very sick in the weeks leading up to her death but never mentioned ordering drugs online, her best friend said yesterday.
"She complained that she felt like she had flu symptoms and diarrhea," said Glenda Billerbeck, who visited Marcia Bergeron at her home in the days before her death. "She said, 'My legs are kind of swollen up,' and she was tired."
Billerbeck said Bergeron, 57, suffered from several health problems, including a bad hip and severe allergies.
But she said her friend, whom she knew for more than 15 years, never mentioned ordering medicine online. ...more
Monday, March 26, 2007
MD: Online medical treatment 'frightening'
There are a few more details about the Marcia Bergeron in this article. Most notably, the names of the drugs she bought online were mentioned: alprazolam (brand name Xanax) and zolpidem (brand name Ambien in the U.S)
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