[LINK] Drugs online: what about the side effects?

[Karl Schaffarczyk]

><http://www.zdnet.com.au/zdnn/stories/zdnn_display/au0003567.html> 
>Drugs online: what about the side effects?
>Take two pills... and see a Web site in the morning: This is the 
>attitude striking fear into the Health industry as many Australians 
>continue to buy drugs from unregulated sites overseas.
>-- 


This story then asks the question, can drugs be purchased legitimately 
online?

For a busy person, the time taken out of a day due to a doctors 
consultation is already about an hour or sometimes even two. This is 
usually followed by a trip to the pharmacy, which usually requires a 
return visit later in the day. It all adds up to more time.

I remember when i was younger it was possible to drop your prescription 
in a box on the surgery receptionists' counter, and presto! the 
prescription was delivered that evening. I haven't seen any such services 
lately.

With doctors providing computer generated prescriptions it should be 
possible to place an order online to the pharmicist of my choice, with a 
prescription number or similar, and have it delivered.

So are there any good reasons why this isn't happening yet?

Karl
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