Issue Briefs
Date of this Version
12-14-1999
Abstract
Online drugstores represent one of the hottest categories in electronic commerce. The Internet offers gr eat promise in expanding access to prescription drugs for the disabled, the elderly, and people living in rural areas. But with this promise comes the danger of eliminating the safeguards that protect consumers fr om inappropriate use of medications and adverse drug events. This Issue Brief highlights two studies that investigate the availability of prescription drugs over the Internet, and focuses on the alarming ease with which consumers can obtain drugs without seeing a physician or a pharmacist.
Document Type
Brief
Volume
5
Number
3
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
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http://ldi.upenn.edu/policy/issue-briefs/1999/12/14/sale-of-prescription-drugs-over-the-internet
Date Posted: 09 December 2016