Can you buy from online pharmacies if you live in the States. I know you need a prescription if you want to buy medicine from a local store but what about online. Is there any law against it?
Would depend on the country... certainly in the UK they are illegal if they are selling prescription medicine without a prescription. Some claim to have a doctor who reviews a medical questionnaire and then prescribes the medication however first of all dont know if that would be sufficient even if it is actually happening (and I think there is a fair chance that it isnt)
as long as it's not anything controlled (eg. valium, oxycontin, etc.) and a regular prescription drug (eg. Viagra, Lipitor, etc.) I wouldn't be too concerned.
Hmm..what if the country from which you are selling the drugs does not have a problem as regards prescripton but the the place where you are sending the medicine does. For example, certain countries do not require a prescription to buy drugs. You could sell from there. But could a person in the US buy the medicine?
I rather buy drugs and medication from the local pharmacy even if they are more expensive, problem with online pharmacies, how you know they are legit in the first place? It is medicine and drugs you are taking, what if it is faked? I do not want to lose my life saving a few dollars.
It is not about the dollars. It is about the prescription. If you have an infection you need an antibiotic but cannot get one without a prescription. The doctor will probably charge you silly and if you do not have health insurance you may not be able to get hold of an antibiotic which may lead to many health hazards. In such a case an online pharmacy would do wonders.
Wisdomtool: I'd have to disagree with you on that one, as there are major verification companies (eg. Pharmacy Checker) that validate that a pharmacy web site is actually owned by a brick-and-mortar licensed pharmacy, and that the drugs it sells are dispensed by licensed pharmacists / licensed pharmacies, etc. That assumption is true for "rogue" pharmacies that sell drugs without a prescription... There is a legitimate pharmacy industry consisting of Licensed Canadian Pharmacies that sell Canadian Drugs to international customers (mostly Americans) that cannot afford their drugs due to price gouging in their country, by the pharmaceutical companies. uniqueasitis: you are asking about the "illegal" pharmacies that sell without a prescription. If it doesn't sound right, it most like isn't, and in that circumstance, it is illegal as well as the FDA requirement is that the patient has physically seen their physician. There is no substitute to a doctor. You may have certain allergies, etc. that may conflict with the medicine you want to purchase. BE SAFE - GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND GET A PRESCRIPTION!
For those legal ones that you mentioned, I do not have any objections. But not the illegal ones. I have to apologize for this, too many of those fake pharmacies spams that I received, I guess makes me assume that all are illegal. You are right on, on the legal ones! I totally with the advice you dispense for uniqueasitis too!
Absolutely! It's best (and should only be the case!) to first visit your doctor and not to make your own medical judgements. If your doctor is OK prescribing the drug as he/she sees it necessary for you, then go to the local pharmacy and check the price. Always check to see if a generic is available first. USA has some of the cheapest prices in the world for generic drugs as it is a free market place, unless other countries (unfortunately that also drives up the prices of brand name drugs which sucks if the drug still isn't off patent). Compare prices with Canadian pharmacies by searching "canadian pharmacy" on Google, for example.