A Review on Online Pharmacy
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) - Year 2017, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
In recent years there is a tremendous increase in online shopping for different commodities like cloth, jewellery and the sale of medicines have been increased via online/ internet. Online pharmacy is one of the technology advancements that is about to create a huge demand in the upcoming days. Though it is convenient to get them, there is high risk of self medication and misuse of drugs especially that come under schedule H and X. In this article we have discussed in detail about online pharmacy, its advantages and disadvantages, differences between online and local pharmacy, and certain measures to avoid misuse of e-pharmacy.
Authors and Affiliations
G. Prashanti, . , S. Sravani,, Saleha Noorie
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