Complaint Review: Rx Pharmacy

BASIC GUIDELINES FOR BUYING MEDICINES ONLINE WITH OR WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.

Regardless of your perspective on the issue, online pharmacies are here to stay. Some provide their advertised service and product in a responsible manner and others are rip off artists looking to make a quick buck. You may get what was advertised, you may get nothing, you may get sugar pills or you may get something downright dangerous.

Most online pharmacies advertising Viagra, Cialis, Xanax, Pain Killers etc are in reality just different web domains that are pointing to only a handful of actual providers (on the backend). You will recognize the same templates across many sites. Most of these sites are located in Europe, Russia or China. Most of the product is shipped out of India.

India is not held to America's patent laws. For many years they have made legitimate (as in chemically correct) copycat versions of "expensive" American drugs such as Viagra, Cialis, Xanax, Vicodin, Codeine etc.

The reason the medicine is so expensive in America is to recoup the R&D and marketing expenses of the drugs. Once the drugs are invented they are cheap to reproduce. Pharma companies have no shortage of profit so many people do not feel to guilty about ordering the "same" drug much cheaper from a Indian pharma company that still makes profit while selling the same pills much cheaper.

A mini industry of online pharmacies has cropped up to provide this service. Unfortunately, many copycat websites are on the bandwagon and sometimes provide less than legitimate service and delivery to say the least. Here are some guidelines I have garnered from personal experience of buying and working with sellers - as well as extensive research on the subject. This list is in no way comprehensive and is meant to supplement an individual's due diligence in this area. It is assumed that you consult a physician and local laws and ordinances in regards to buying and shipping medicines online.

#1. The words "Canadian Pharmacy" rarely means the site has any relation to Canada. This is just marketing bandwagon. It does not mean the site will not deliver, but there are domain-to-geographic lookup tools online. You should see where your site is hosted. Which leads us to...

#2. Russia and China based sites. If your domain ends in.cn or.ru this is self explanatory. But many.com and online pharma sites are hosted in Russia or China - this isnt neccessarily "bad" but Chinese sites are notorious for fraud... Russian sites follow. Sites are hosted off shore for obvious patent and legality reasons. Western European sites are your best bet for offshore sites.

#3. Look at the domain name - Do not trust fly-by-night sites with strange domain names or long links. The main scam is when a domain is quickly created with a throwaway URL such as farm24x.tiny.url or xnitemedz.cn etc (not real sites, just examples) - and then there is mass SPAM - people place orders, money is taken and then fraudulent or no product is shipped. Avoid SPAM originated sites.

#4. So where does one look? Go to forums dedicated to the area of health you are interested in. Seek out like minded peers. Ask around who has used what with positive results. Dont trust random posts, they are often auto generated. Look for thoughtful posts or contact someone directly.

#5. VERY IMPORTANT: NEVER EVER PAY BY WEST'N UNION (OR ANY KIND OF WIRE ). No matter how deperate you are find a provider that allows you to pay by CREDIT CARD (not bank/debit/atm card). Credit Card companies will refund your money within 30 days if you file a dispute. You will almost always get your money back for unfulfilled online purchases. ONLY USE A CREDIT CARD.

#6. Make sure you are on a SECURE (https) CHECKOUT PAGE when you give your CREDIT CARD INFO. Basically, on the page that is asking for your specific credit card number, ensure there is a https (make sure there is an 's' at the end) in the address bar. If not, do not put your credit card info on the page - this goes for any online purchase.

#7. Use common sense. Dont click strange looking links, look for customer service email addresses that match the website - make sure there is secure order page and they accept credit card.

You should review the site's shipping/refund policy, but the main thing is to cover your own butt. Regardless of what the site says, follow the above steps to ensure you protect your personal info with an encrypted page and are selective about which sites you use.

For what it is worth here are two examples of sites that I personally know to be valid with good quality at low prices. Searching for posts on search engines will pull up some other favorable reviews for these sites as well. Both sites follow the main rules of thumb above. I invite you to check them out and decide for yourselves what you are comfortable with.

http://www.ViagraStoreUSA.com "> http://www.ViagraStoreUSA.com (Mens Health, Anxiety, Depression, Sleep & Pain Meds)

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www.MyViagraStore.com (Viagra, Cialis, Anxiety, Ambien, Vicodin, Codeine etc)

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