The U.S. FDA is concerned about the proliferation of sites that substitute a simple online questionnaire for a face-to-face examination and patient supervision by a health care practitioner. According to the American Medical Association, a health care practitioner who offers a prescription for a patient he or she has never seen before, based solely on [...]

The website www.getmedsdirect.com is bannered as the “The #1 Choice to Find Your Medication from Online Pharmacies at Big Savings without a Prior Prescription.” It promises a world of international pharmacies. There are no prescriptions needed. And one can buy medications at up to 84% off.  This website has a list of international pharmacies (Mexican, [...]

The Swedish Medical Products Agency has waged a campaign entitled “Crime Medicine,” executed by Granath Euro RSCG, against the harmful culture of drug purchasing via the Internet. In a recent Swedish survey, 3 percent of people aged 25 to 65 years old who responded have purchased medicines through the Internet. Also, 35 percent will consider [...]