Buying Medicine Online

In the News

  1. Pay Less for Prescription Drugs,” The Daily Reflector, November 6, 2009

  2. What You Don't Know About Importing Drugs From Canada,” Partnership for Safe Medicines, November 3, 2009

  3. "DIY Botox: Site Offers Injectable Drug Without Prescription — With How-To Video," Wired Science, October 27, 2009

  4. Dangers of buying medications online,” KAIT8, October 26, 2009

  5. Pharmacy scam accounts for 70% of spam in September,” USA Today, October 13, 2009

  6. October 2009 Spam Report, McAfee, Inc, October 2009

  7. Experts link flood of ‘Canadian Pharmacy’ Spam to Russian botnet criminals,” Network World, July 16, 2009

  8. “Brandjacking Index®: Summer 2009,” MarkMonitor, September 28, 2009

  9. “Report: Phishing, Cybersquatting on the Upswing,” MediaPost, September 28, 2009

  10. “Online Drugs? Know Your Supplier,” John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog, September 24, 2009

  11. “Prescription Deals,” CBS News, September 15, 2009

  12. “NABP Applauds LegitScript and KnujOn for Spotlighting Exploitation of Internet Ad Programs by Rogue Internet Drug Outlets,” NABP news release, August 18, 2009

  13. “Rogue Internet Pharmacies Face New Penalties,” ModernMedicine, August 10, 2009

  14. “The Counterfeiting Superhighway,” European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines, June 2008

  15. “Safe Internet Buying of Medicines: Why and How Pharmacists Should Help,” EJHP Practice, 2008

  16. "But it's a Canadian Internet Pharmacy’: Telling the Truth,” The LegitScript Blog, August 20, 2009

  17. “Dangerous Assumptions Drawn From List of Permitted Countries,” Partnership for Safe Medicines, July 9, 2009

  18. “FDA Consumer Safety Alert: Don't Buy These Drugs over the Internet or from Foreign Sources,” updated June 18, 2009

  19. "Yahoo! Internet Pharmacy Advertisements: A closer look at rogue Internet pharmacies sponsored by Yahoo!’s online advertising program," LegitScript.com, August 17, 2009

  20. “No Prescription Required: Bing.com Prescription Drug ads: A look at how rogue Internet pharmacies are compromising the integrity of Microsoft’s online advertising program,” LegitScript.com, August 4, 2009

  21. “FDA Finds Consumers Continue to Buy Potentially Risky Drugs Over the Internet,” FDANews, updated June 18, 2009

  22. “Internet Pharma-Phishing at Epidemic Levels,” Information Security Resources, June 7, 2009

  23. “State of the Internet: NABP Position Paper on the Continued Proliferation of Rogue Internet Drug Outlets,” NABP Web site, May 2009

  24. “Be Wary of Internet Pharmacies,” NBC Philidelphia.com, March 4, 2009

  25. “The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicine Online,” FDA Consumer Health Information, updated February 27, 2009

  26. “Counterfeit Drugs: Coming to a Pharmacy Near You with an Update for 2009,” American Council on Science and Health, January 2009

  27. “Online Pharmacy Fraud,” LooksTooGoodToBeTrue.com

  28. “Online pharmacy. What is it? How to buy? And how to protect yourself against it?”, Ecommerce Journal, December 17, 2008

  29. "Can Internet Prescription Drug Purchase Endanger Your Health?" Medical News Today, July 11, 2009.

  30. “New Law Targets Rogue Internet Pharmacies: Statute spells out that face-to-face examinations are required in order for doctors to prescribe controlled substances,” Law.com, July 2, 2009

  31. “Doctor Gets Jail Time for Online, Out-of-State Prescribing,” American Medical News, June 1, 2009

  32. "Consumer Protection Group Opposes Drug Importation Bill:Partnership for Safe Medicines speaks clearly about the dangers of importing prescription drugs from Canada,” Partnership for Safe Medicines news release, March 5, 2009

  33. "Mile High Warnings of Counterfeit Drugs, Partnership for Safe Medicines," Partnership for Safe Medicines

  34. "Prescribing Caution: Ordering Medications Online Often Fraught with Risks," Union-Tribune, June 9, 2009

  35. “VIPPS Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Continues to Guide Consumers to Legitimate Internet Pharmacies,” NABP news release, March 30, 2009

  36. “Directi: No Safe Haven for Rogue Internet Pharmacies,” LegitScript.com, March 28, 2009

  37.  “Like a Bad Penny,”U.S. Pharmacist, March 18, 2009

  38. “U.N. Advises Governments How to Stop Internet Drug Peddling,”Reuters, March 17, 2009

  39. "NABP Wins ASAE’s 2009 Associations Advance America Award of Excellence,” NABP news release, March 12, 2009

  40. “Rogue Internet Pharmacies,”U.S. Pharmacist, January 26, 2009

  41. “NABP Launches Vet-VIPPS to Provide Accreditation of Online Veterinary Pharmacies,” NABP news release, January 9, 2009

  42. “Bogus Pharmacy ‘Crime Medicine’ to Inform Swedes About the Dangers of Purchasing Medications Online,” Medical Products Agency - Sweden, October 15, 2008

  43. "Don’t Put Your Health in the Hands of Crooks,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, March 3, 2009

  44. "Easy to buy drugs online?" CNN's Drew Griffin looks at illegal Internet sales of dangerous prescription drugs. CNN.com, February 2, 2009

  45. “Watch out for Interactions Between Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Other Medications,” Worst Pills, Best Pills, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, January 2009

  46. “Internet drug peddlers raided in 9 countries,” Reuters, November 13, 2008

  47. “Authorities shut down global spam operation,” ABC News Chicago, October 14, 2008

  48. “‘You’ve Got Drugs!’ V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet,” National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, July 2008

  49. “Ordering Drugs Online on the Rise, Risky,” News at UMB, University of Maryland, Baltimore, July 17, 2008

  50. Abuses Are Found in Online Sales of Medication, New York Times, July 9, 2008

  51. Illegal Viagra Leads 24% Jump in Counterfeit Medicine Seizures, Bloomberg.com, June 10, 2008

  52. Widow: My husband died from online drugs, CNN.com/health, May 22, 2008

  53. Imported Drugs: Hidden Hazards, New York Post, April 8, 2008

  54. Indiana Adopts Legislation to Combat Illegitimate Online Pharmacies, Protect Residents from Counterfeit Drugs, NABP News Release, April 2, 2008

  55. State, Federal Regulatory Authorities Combat Rogue Internet Drug Distributors,” NABP Newsletter, April 2008

  56. “Internet Drug Distributors Posing New Concerns,” NABP Newsletter, March 2008

  57. “Drugs Dot Com - Online Prescription Drugs,” Fox Ten News, YouTube, February 27, 2008

  58. Counterfeit Drugs’ Path Eased by Free Trade Zones, New York Times, December 17, 2007

  59. “Helping Patients Avoid Counterfeit Drugs over the Internet,” US Food and Drug Administration, YouTube, September 11, 2007

  60. Profiting from Fake Pharma, Business Week, August 20, 2007

  61. “Hazards of Buying Prescription Drugs Online,” US Food and Drug Administration, YouTube, June 2007

  62. “From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine,” New York Times, May 6, 2007

  63. “US Warns about Dangerous Internet Drug Mistake,” USA Today, February 19, 2007

  64. “Is this Medicine Dangerous to your Health?” Parade Magazine, February 18, 2007

  65. “Consumer Alert: Read This Before Purchasing Prescription Drugs Over the Internet!!!” DEA Office of Diversion Control

  66. “Internet Pharmacies: What You Need to Know,” DEA News Release, September 21, 2005

  67. “Counterfeit Drugs Kill,”  International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT)

 

 
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