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Web Drugstores: Prescription for Disaster?
Online pharmacies are cheap, convenient--and vulnerable to abuse.
As a spokesperson for the wonder drug Viagra, ex-Senator Bob Dole isn't shy about discussing erectile dysfunction. But millions of men are, and thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, thousands have sought help online without feeling embarrassed. By paying visits to online doctors and virtual pharmacies, men can easily obtain prescriptions for Viagra.
But experts warn that these patients are at risk, and so are many more patrons of online pharmacies that sell prescriptions and medicines. For example, Viagra can cause complications or death for people with certain heart or liver conditions. But a growing number of Web sites let you be your own doctor. They permit you essentially to write your own prescriptions, and then sell you the drugs sight unseen.
Purchasing prescription medication using a mail-order service or via the Internet isn't illegal if you have a prescription from your doctor. The tricky ethical and legal question is whether a doctor can prescribe drugs over the Internet without ever meeting the patient.
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