On line pharmacies are springing up all over the Internet. Our email in boxes are bombarded with spam from these sites offering to sell brand name drugs without prescriptions. There are many situations in which ordering from these sites is tempting such as if you don't have a doctor, can't afford a doctor, or there's a long wait for an appointment. Or maybe you're in pain, and your doctor doesn't believe in prescribing narcotics. Perhaps you find yourself out of medication before it can be refilled.
All good reasons to look for an on line pharmacy but despite any of those situations it's important to know that we should never order from an on line pharmacy that doesn't require a written prescription from our own doctors. Sites that sell prescription medications without prescription are illegal in the United States. When the registration of a site was traced from an email it was found to be in the Far East, which is not unusual. The site looks great, but if you look for an address or phone number for the company, you won't find one. The only way to contact them is via a form on the site. Their prices were also exorbitant. Some of the dangers of ordering from such sites, as cited by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are:
Fake, unapproved, outdated, or sub-standard products
Little or no quality control (packaging, purity of ingredients, storage)
Possibility of an incorrect diagnosis (i.e., those sites that inappropriately diagnose and prescribe on line)
Obtaining an inappropriate medicine (e.g., inappropriate for condition, or with an interaction with another drug being taken.
On line Pharmacies can be great but do take care!
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