Internet pharmacies

Watching internet pharmacies.

The number of illegal internet pharmacies selling prescription-only medicines without a prescription is increasing. Large quantities of drugs are dispensed, making drugs of abuse readily available, and further risks are posed by counterfeit medication. Urgent national and international action is required to stop further proliferation of illegal pharmacies.

Internet pharmacies: cyberspace versus the regulatory state.

Online Healthcare: Internet Pharmacies May not Always be Good for Your Health

Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) have resulted in the widespread use of the Internet as an important medium for commercial activity. Such activity commonly referred to as electronic commerce, or e-commerce has facilitated new business models in many different commercial endeavours including pharmaceutical and medical practice. This paper investigates the gr...

Internet-Based Photoaging Within Australian Pharmacies to Promote Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking leads to death or disability and a drain on national resources. The literature suggests that cigarette smoking continues to be a major modifiable risk factor for a variety of diseases and that smokers aged 18-30 years are relatively resistant to antismoking messages due to their widely held belief that they will not be lifelong smokers. OBJECTIVE To conduct a random...

The need for a global approach to the regulation Internet Pharmacies

This paper investigates the growing phenomenon of providing drugs sales and medical services over the Internet via Internet/online Pharmacies. It identifies some of the benefits of Internet Pharmacies and discusses some serious concerns for regulators, governments and human society (due to the presence of many illegal online pharmacies). In addition, the paper examines how differences in regula...