Crack Down On
Online Pharmacies
By
John Cruise
The U.S. government has been cracking down on online
pharmacies in an attempt to stop personal prescription medicines
imports by Americans in dire need. Americans overburdened by
unreasonably high prices of medicines have been flowing to
online pharmacies in an attempt to receive cheaper much needed
prescribed medications.
The gainers from the governments actions are of course the
American medicine manufacturers, the medical insurance
companies, which by the way pay much less for the drugs than the
average uninsured do, and the regular street pharmacies.
The FDA just passed a law that forbids importation of
pharmaceuticals by individuals from Canadian pharmacies, while
the Canadian regulatory laws for pharmaceuticals are just as
good as the U.S’s. The main difference or the only difference
between these pharmaceuticals is the prices. In Canada the
prices for exact same medications is a fraction of the price in
the U.S, who is gaining from all of this? Ask your medical
insurance companies, you local drug manufacturers, and your
representatives in both houses.
The fact is the online pharmacy trade should be regulated,
due to the danger in taking non prescribed drugs that could have
dangerous side effects. But it should not be stopped. It is time
for representatives in the congress and senate to stand up and
decide what is more important, the money being funneled to them
by the lobby groups that represent the money making agenda of
stopping the online pharmacy trade, or the lives, security, and
the ability to afford prescription drugs by Americans,
especially the elderly and the low income classes that struggle
as it is.
Online pharmacies have many advantages, some of which are
lower priced medications, higher availability of medications to
supply customers’ needs, a good example of that is the shortage
of Tamiflu in many U.S. areas (Tamiflu is one of only two drugs
that help fight the avian flu that is spreading around the
world, in the U.S there are only 2.3 million doses available, 2
million more will come by the end of November, and there are 300
million people living here), that was filled by online
pharmacies, The time saving factor for customers. And the
privacy maintained in receiving what has been called
“embarrassment drugs” such as viagra and sexually transmitted
diseases related medications.
Instead of fighting the Online Pharmacy trade the U.S.
government should ease up and place regulatory laws into place.
Laws that enforce online pharmacies, even foreign ones, to
register in the U.S in order to be able to ship their
merchandise into the U.S and off course force them to adhere to
the same regulations, as far as shipping and drug maintenance
that are enforced on U.S based pharmacies and publish a list of
these pharmacies. Also enforce FDA approval for every drug. Some
countries even hold higher standards than the American FDA, such
as the Indian equivalent.
Two online search engines that have taken steps toward better
and/or safer business as far as this particular trade are Google
and Yahoo, who now force online pharmacies and their affiliate’s
sites to be registered and approved, and only deal with U.S and
Canadian based pharmacies. They do still have some room to
improve; a good suggestion would be to make available a list of
these online pharmacies for the sake of making affiliates lives
much easier.
In conclusion, instead of fighting and attempting to cease
all foreign pharmacy trade into the U.S, the federal government
should make Americans lives easier, cheaper and safer by
regulating it, not stopping it.
US based Marketing expert on B2C business, now is the
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