by Gabriel Levitt, President, PharmacyChecker.com and Prescription Justice | Jun 18, 2010 | Online Pharmacies
The FDA issued a warning that it had purchased counterfeit Tamiflu, sold as “Generic Tamiflu,” from an online drugstore that is no longer accessible. It’s believed that the product is still available online. The mystery purchaser did not have to provide a prescription even though Tamiflu is a prescription-only product. PharmacyChecker.com advises consumers not to use pharmacies that do not require a prescription. Online pharmacy-members of the PharmacyChecker.com Verification Program must require prescriptions and be licensed by their respective pharmacy regulatory authorities or equivalent body.
Tagged with: Counterfeit Drugs, FDA warnings, Online Pharmacy Verification Services, tamiflu
by Gabriel Levitt, President, PharmacyChecker.com and Prescription Justice | Apr 26, 2010 | Online Pharmacies
In 2008, the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) published a report about the prevalence and dangers of rouge online pharmacies that illegally sell controlled substances. We support CASA’s efforts to protect consumers from dangerous drug-selling websites, especially those that sell addictive drugs, and since 2003 have raised public awareness about the dangers of rogue online pharmacies. As part of its research, CASA found rogue pharmacies on Google’s sponsored results. However, it wrongly assumed that all such sites were approved by PharmacyChecker.com. Soon after, the New York Times published an article covering CASA’s report, which included the same faulty assumption. (more…)
Tagged with: CASA, Google, NYT, Online Pharmacy Verification Services, pharmacychecker.com, rogue pharmacies
by Gabriel Levitt, President, PharmacyChecker.com and Prescription Justice | Mar 4, 2010 | Online Pharmacy Verification Services
Jump to Comparison Table: Online Pharmacy Verification Services
It is important that you understand the differences among the groups that rate and verify online pharmacies. It’s not only essential to know what credentials each verifies, but the mission and focus of each group. To help, we put together the comparison table below, focusing on topics that should be of interest to the 120,000,000 Americans who struggle to afford their prescription drug bill and are searching online for savings (see Drug Prices SOS for more on this national emergency).
Perhaps the biggest difference that you’ll notice among the groups is that PharmacyChecker.com is the only one to include pharmacies from the U.S. as well as from Canada and select other countries. The Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA) only accepts Canadian-based pharmacies. The Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) program, run by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), and LegitScript, a private verification service, exclude affordable Canadian pharmacies and others outside the US and exclusively approve U.S. pharmacies.
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Tagged with: CIPA, LegitScript.com, NABP, Online Pharmacy Verification Services, pharmacychecker, VIPPS
