Buying medicines online? Know these risks

The safest way to get medicines is from a pharmacist. It is important to take great care when buying medicines over the internet, particularly if the medicine would normally only be available from a pharmacy. If you buy medicines over the internet, you may be putting yourself at serious risk of harm.

Risks and concerns:

Illegal or unethical online pharmacies sometimes send outdated, counterfeit medications or substitutes. But doctors argue that this can happen at medical shops too. “We cannot be sure that the medicines sold in pharmacies are not fake. It s the same with online pharmacies too. It s not about how the medicine is sold, but about how the regulatory bodies have to behave.

Other concerns include the location of these pharmacies. The internet has removed the boundaries between countries. The brand names may often cause confusion. They may be the same brands but with different medicines, or even lookalike drugs with different ingredients. Ultimately, the patient is at the receiving end of wrong medicines.

Sometimes, medicines sold online without prescription may be counterfeit, have no active ingredients and may even contain harmful ingredients.

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