Many people are replacing trips to physical locations with online options and that is true of pharmacies too. There are thousands of websites offering prescription medications and other items but not all are trustworthy. Some are convenient, safe, private and affordable. But care must be taken. Some sites steal your information, some sell items that are not the drugs you are looking for. They have not been checked for effectiveness or safety. The dose might be wrong, the drug might be contaminated and or old and ineffective. When looking at Canadian pharmacies online you need to take care.
Advantages to finding a reputable online pharmacy
Here are some of the main reasons people go online and choose a pharmacy there.
- Being able to so easily compare prices for different prescriptions and items.
- Having access to more medications even when not living close to the pharmacy.
- Being able to stay home.
- Having access to more products in general.
- Having a lot more privacy to talk to the pharmacist about their medication without others overhearing.
- Saving money on their purchases.
- Seeing more information on different medications and having links to other important sources of data.
- Not having a local pharmacy nearby anyway so saving a lot of time and gas.
How pharmacies online work
- Sign up creating an account where you fill in your information including name, address and payment information.
- Sending a valid prescription either by mail or fax, or having your doctor send it on your behalf.
- Deciding on what delivery options you want to choose. Some charge a small fee, some offer free deliveries to certain locations, and some Canadian pharmacies will even ship overnight.
- Ask the pharmacist the questions you might have about the prescription.
What can you do to stay safe
With so many sites you need to avoid, here are some tips on what you can do to better ensure you are buying medicines online safely.
- Do not buy from any website that offers to send prescribed medications without seeing your prescription.
- Do not buy any medications that are not legal and approved.
- Do not buy from anywhere that there is no pharmacist to talk to.
- Make sure the payment page is secured, you can see if it is encrypted with the padlock on the bar where the address is.
- Find some sites that check online pharmacy sites and confirm whether they are reputable or not. If they have listed your site as one that can be trusted then it is more likely to be safe.
- Look for a license number and a seal that confirms they are a genuine pharmacy online.
- Avoid websites that push selling undocumented medications.
- Genuine Canadian pharmacies online do not offer dubious cures for conditions or serious disorders that do not have treatment.
- Avoid pharmacies that have very little information on anything they offer. A proper site should have accurate information for you to read about everything they offer.
- If you have ordered medication and you are concerned by it when it arrives do not risk your health by taking it.
