Is It Legal To Buy Prescription Drugs From An Online Pharmacy In The USA?

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Is It Legal To Buy Prescription Drugs From An
Online Pharmacy In The USA?
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Estimated online pharmacies in the US are
almost 50 thousand, and surprisingly the US
pharmacy market is largely prescription based.
It is a matter of interest to know whether
buying online prescription drugs from an app for
pharmacists is legitimate or not.
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So, purchasing prescription medicines
through online pharmacy app and receiving those
by mail might be legal if specific requirements
to run online pharmacy are met. The pool of
requirements varies as you are required to have a
valid prescription and the other for the business
from which you are ordering prescription
medicines.
Let us study a few steps to make sure that
you are purchasing online prescription medicine
from a legal online pharmacy app or website for
pharmacy, with a valid prescription.
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First of all, consider Prescribers who
provide online prescriptions You might have
received emails or advertisements that say that
you can buy prescription medicines with a
discount even if you do not have a valid
prescription with you. I too have received such
messages and I choose not to fall prey.
Purchasing medicines from such online pharmacies
can be a big mistake, you should avoid doing it.
Moreover, sometimes pharmacies send a
detailed questionnaire, and based on the answers
they suggest medications. A few times this too
fails to meet some basic standards of diagnosis.
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Secondly, check for certified doctors for
telemedicine
In the early '90s, it was believed that the
patient's diagnosis can only be done by
physically examining them. With that being
stated, the approach and implementation of
telemedicine are rapidly growing and that is how
we see the medical diagnosis method. Especially
in the US, where non-profit association ATA has
taken responsibility for the enactment and
rulemaking to reshape telemedicine.
Nowadays, as telemedicine is implemented
and widely used by doctors and patients, majorly
by US citizens. Doctors can now schedule and
conduct an online examination of the patients
through video consulting over the laptop or a
smartphone.
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As we talked previously, compared to the
online doctors that are not certified to diagnose
the patients online and suggest medications,
telemedicine doctors are practitioners certified
by the board. These doctors usually have to get
accreditation from a state government entity.
Furthermore, an estimated report manifests
that almost 76 of hospitals in the US use video
consulting or the other technology that enables
them to connect consulting practitioners and
patients.
The medical practices have changed extensively as
the federation of state medical boards in the US
has endorsed regulations to allow telemedicine
practitioners to write prescriptions. But they
are bound to meet certain technical and medical
criteria to do so.
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This too does never mean that doctors can
prescribe anything through the epharmacy app.
Some medications, like sleeping pills, require
the patient's examination in-person. Such
medications will never be prescribed through
video consultation only. To make sure that this
does not happen, the center for connected health
policy has developed guidelines as policies and
regulations on telemedicine. This applies to all
of the 50 states and the district of Columbia.
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Now, the most common question is, how can
you make sure about the types of prescriptions
that are allowed by telemedicine doctors. Let us
brief a few of those for you

• Medicines helping to lower cholesterol levels

• Medications for allergies

• Medications for high blood pressure

• Antibiotics

• Antifungals

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Finally, make-sure that your purchase is legal
Consider safety when you are purchasing
medication online, even if online pharmacy apps
are safe and legitimate. Make sure that your
answer is yes for the mentioned questions
considering specifications given by the Federal
Trade Commission and the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Agency
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Does the online medical store or a pharmacy ask
for a valid prescription?
This must be a signed prescription by a
doctor and not just a list of a questionnaire
that you have answered.
Does that online pharmacy have a license by the
state in which it resides?
You can always check a pharmacy's license
through your state board pharmacy.
Does that e-pharmacy have a pharmacist on board
to answer your calls, if required?
Always prefer to confirm the provided number
on an online medical store app or a website for
pharmacy. You can call them and ask the usual
questions. The sole purpose of doing so is to
confirm the authenticity of an online pharmacy.
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So, you can legally buy prescription medication
from an online pharmacy, once you are confident
that the chemist app is authentic and you have a
valid prescription signed by your doctor.
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