Cheap viagra in the internet
The ease of purchasing cheap viagra on the Internet raises a number of questions when side effects are considered. Frank Rich’s point is that for patients whose physicians have refused to prescribe them Viagra due to, for example, a weak heart, the Internet is the logical source. In Newsweek, journalist Jerry Adler observes, “You need a license to open a pharmacy, but anyone can put up a Web site and start mailing pills all over the world.” Adler’s article includes a quotation from Jeff Stier of the American Council on Science and Health, who suggests that the Internet “is the new medium for the snake - oil salesman. ”
Buying Viagra online on the Internet inhibits meaningful doctor - patient com - munication. The FDA Modernization Act of relaxed the restrictions of direct - to - consumer advertising: television advertising copy, for example, is no longer required to mention side effects. Rather, advertisers are required only to direct the consumer to other sources for information. The physician, then, “becomes the informational intermediary between the patient and the drug. ” The availability of prescription drugs on the Internet is cause for further concern as the services of physician/consultants are paid for by pharmaceutical companies, specifically to approve the prescriptions of online applicants.
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