It is arguable whether or not medicine has been one of the fields that has been quickest to embrace new technologies. It is difficult to say that medicine hasn’t benefited from the association, though. Nowadays, with a credit card and the right information, anyone can order medications ranging from birth control patches to pain medications online. The Internet has made obtaining drugs such as antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, and pain medications online a relatively simple, painless process. However, on the Internet more than any place in the world, the words caveat emptor apply. As the Food and Drug Administration has warned in the past, there are many ways that an Internet-based pharmacy can bypass various regulations set in place for consumer protection.
One problem that is still relatively widespread among Internet-based pharmacies is the lack of a system in place to check for prescriptions. While this can make purchasing things like pain medications online much simpler, they present other problems. If there is no way to counter-check a prescription against the details of the order, an online pharmacy can easily make a mistake and send the right medication...