The percentage of people who buy medicines online has grown significantly. While there are many benefits to buying medicine online, it also has some drawbacks. One can avoid the bad experience that these inconveniences can cause by taking a few small precautions.

Find a Legal Pharmacy

Purchase medications at a licensed pharmacy. To conduct business online, a pharmacist must acquire a license. Said license is issued by the respective regional government agency for pharmacists. If the pharmacy you are considering purchasing medications from claims to be located in the US, it must have a license number provided by one of the pharmacy associations.

guarantee the security

Once the legitimacy of that pharmacy is confirmed, the second thing to look for is where that pharmacy purchases medications from (ie, what retailer or distributor is the source for that pharmacy to purchase medications from?). The dealer must be authorized. In addition, the distributor must purchase drugs directly from the manufacturers of the respective drug.

Medicines provided to the pharmacy (and therefore to you) must be in a seal produced by the manufacturer. This ensures that the medications shipped have not been tampered with. In the event that you feel that you have not received the medications with the proper seal or that the medication/medication packaging is damaged, you should not use that medication and those medications must be returned to the pharmacy.

guarantee privacy

Make sure there is no third party between you and the pharmacy where you buy your drugs. The privacy of customers is not maintained in that case.

The pharmacy must provide contact information on the customer site for assistance such as order cancellation, fax prescription, change of shipping address, package tracking, and package return.

Medical history

Either a medical profile of customers or a valid prescription, provided by a qualified physician, is required to ship medications to customers. Do not buy medicines that do not require a prescription. You are putting your health and your money at great risk by buying medicines without a prescription. No legal action can be taken if pharmacy counterfeit pills or counterfeit medicines (which can show life-threatening adverse effects) are shipped or not shipped at all.

medical profile: The pharmacy must maintain a medical record of the client with details such as…

• Current administration of other drugs
• Recent or past medical history. Health events such as diabetes, blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, etc.
• Alcoholism, smoking and drug addiction.
• List of supplements or herbs or vitamins that the client is taking.

Prescription: There are two types of drugs for consumers; OTC (over-the-counter) drugs and prescription drugs. Over-the-counter medications can be purchased without a prescription. Pharmacy is needed to ask for a prescription, written by a doctor, to sell medicines that require a prescription to buy.

Make sure the pharmacy also fills the prescription (one you feel) with medication in the package.

Buy only the medicine that your doctor has told you to buy. Please do not purchase an alternative if the drug you wish to purchase online is not available for any reason.

The pharmacy must also have a pharmacist available to help.