In the UK more than 2m people buy drugs regularly over the internet from legitimate online pharmacies.[20] In 2008, the RPSGB introduced a green cross to identify accredited online pharmacies.[21]
The first internet pharmacy in the UK was Pharmacy2U, which started operating in November 1999, after being backed from the British government.[22]
Drugs supplied in this way tend to be non-prescription medications (e.g. "for common gut complaints such as constipation, diarrhoea, colic and abdominal pain"),[20] or medicines which doctors refuse to prescribe for patients, as all patients treated under the National Health Service pay either a low flat price or nothing for prescribed medicine and medical equipment.
In the UK online pharmacies often link up with online clinic doctors. In the UK it is legal for doctors to carry out online consultations and issue presctiptions.[23] The doctors must be registered with the Care Quality Commission. Online clinics only prescribe a limited number of medicines and do not replace regular doctors working from offices. There are various ways the doctors carry out the online consultations; sometimes it is done almost entirely by questionnaire. Customers usually pay one fee which includes the price of the consultation, prescription and the price of the medicine.
The first internet pharmacy in the UK was Pharmacy2U, which started operating in November 1999, after being backed from the British government.[22]
Drugs supplied in this way tend to be non-prescription medications (e.g. "for common gut complaints such as constipation, diarrhoea, colic and abdominal pain"),[20] or medicines which doctors refuse to prescribe for patients, as all patients treated under the National Health Service pay either a low flat price or nothing for prescribed medicine and medical equipment.
In the UK online pharmacies often link up with online clinic doctors. In the UK it is legal for doctors to carry out online consultations and issue presctiptions.[23] The doctors must be registered with the Care Quality Commission. Online clinics only prescribe a limited number of medicines and do not replace regular doctors working from offices. There are various ways the doctors carry out the online consultations; sometimes it is done almost entirely by questionnaire. Customers usually pay one fee which includes the price of the consultation, prescription and the price of the medicine.
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