Disclaimer: Before taking any medical advice, you should consult a doctor.
Perhaps buying drugs through the Internet is one of the biggest –if not THE biggest—boons afforded to ailing people today. With online purchasing, it is not necessary anymore to go to the community pharmacy and aggravate one’s arthritis; sign the prescription when one can hardly hold the pen with palsied fingers; dress up and go out during inclement weather and face the evils in the street. In other words, to avoid the hassles of traditional drugs purchasing, one can buy drugs online instead. All it takes to do so is an ordinary computer connected online and any kind of credit card.
As such, even healthy persons –those that don’t need to regularly buy medicines—can make good use of this circumstance. Rich people who consume those so-called ‘designer drugs’ also prefer to buy them online because they want anonymity. Just access the website, select your medicine, pay through the checkout and that’s it – a few minutes total.In a few hours or a day or two, the medicine comes to you in a nondescript package much like pizza delivery . Very simple; very convenient.
Or so it seems. Still, online selling is a business and therefore open to the tricks and underhanded shenanigans of unscrupulous sellers, with the accompanying danger to health and finances.
For instance, the distinct and inherent element of anonymity in online selling encourages unscrupulous persons to use it to sell counterfeit or fake medicines to unwary buyers. It is quite easy for anyone to set up a virtual store or pharmacy and remain anonymous, and a simple matter to populate the website with believable endorsements expertly written by an outsourced agent, praising the merchandise and site to high heavens.Plus, the store need not be registered with government instrumentalities, needs no tangible assets, requires very little capital beyond a computer with Internet connection.
The dangers, however, involve your health and money. If you buy fake drugs, you paid for worthless merchandise and have been cheated out of your legitimate money. At the same time, you endanger yourself when you take those drugs which may have harmful if not outright toxic ingredients included in the formulation. Or, the drugs may give you unwanted side effects because the formulations substituted substances incompatible with your condition.
On the other hand, let not these things discourage you from online purchasing. You can take diligent action to avoid these pitfalls. As an example, there are site assistants in any no prescription pharmacy ready to answers questions you may want to ask regarding their web doctors who issue the prescriptions. They are cognizant of the necessity of patients asking such questions. They also use several medical professionals so you can find someone you would feel comfortable with. Both are hallmarks of an authentic and legitimate website.
You can likewise see if the US online pharmacy site has the VIPSS (Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites) seal. You may also wish to check if the webstore has a real world branch so you can check up on its authenticity. You may also ask your local FDA office or your doctor for advice which webstores are legitimate. With some precautions, buying online still offers great advantages. But your health is not worth any kind of questionable bargains.