Online internet pharmacies are fast gaining popularity. It is just one among the millions of virtual shops that one can find over the Internet. A CNN news article says that there are now about 100 million websites in the internet with around 48 million of those sites considered as active or updated on a regular basis. These websites contain a wide range of topics and practically covers the entire spectrum of human knowledge and experience. In the United States alone, there are at least 54 million different websites that would be impossible for an average person to visit during one’s lifetime. Some of the most frequently visited sites include Google, Yahoo, Youtube, Facebook, and Wikipedia — which are categorized as search engines, social networking sites, or knowledge databases.
What is now a topic of hot debate about internet pharmacies is: Is it safe? No doubt, this new concept of online ordering and purchase of medicines has empowered patients and other people who need health care products. These internet-based drugstores saves a lot of time, effort, and in some cases, even money compared to the traditional way of physically going to a local...