Cogprints

Cyber-pharmacies and emerging concerns on marketing drugs Online

Scaria, Dr Vinod (2003) Cyber-pharmacies and emerging concerns on marketing drugs Online. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]

Full text available as:

[img]
Preview
 PDF
114Kb

Abstract

The booming e-commerce and a regulation-less environment online have led to the rise of a new generation of websites that market drugs and other products over the Internet. Some of these drugs are often herbal products or of dubious quality, often marketed with a mix of professional design and unverified/fraudulent claims. Several concerns have arisen from different corners and evidence of malpractice has emerged. But there is a lack of sufficient evidence confirming the concerns.

Item Type:Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)
Keywords:Internet, Drug, Commerce, Ethics, Quality of Health Care
Subjects:JOURNALS > Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
ID Code:3229
Deposited By: Kakkilaya Bevinje, Dr. Srinivas
Deposited On:17 Oct 2003
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:55

References in Article

Select the SEEK icon to attempt to find the referenced article. If it does not appear to be in cogprints you will be forwarded to the paracite service. Poorly formated references will probably not work.

1. Stolberg SG. Official Struggle to Regulate On-Line Sale of Prescription Drugs, N.Y. Times, Jul. 31, 1999

2. Mills D. Cybermedicine: The Benefitsand Risks of Purchasing Drugs Over The Internet, 5.2 J. TECH. L. & POL'Y 1, (2000). http://journal.law.ufl.edu/~techlaw/vol5/medicinefinal.htm

3. Eysenbach G. Online Prescribing of Sildanefil (Viagra®) on the World Wide Web. Journal of Medical Internet Research 1999;1(2):e10 URL: http://www.jmir.org/1999/2/e10/

4. Peterson AM. A survey of selected Internet pharmacies in the United States. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 2001 Mar-Apr;41(2):205-12

5. Bonakdar RA. Herbal cancer cures on the Web: noncompliance with The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. Fam Med 2002 Jul-Aug;34(7):522-7

6. Scaria V. Buying Sildenafil Citrate Online: are prospective buyers informed of contraindications [in process of publication] [Preprint]

7. Bessell TL, Silagy CA, Anderson JN, Hiller JE, Sansom LN. Quality of global e-pharmacies: can we safeguard consumers? Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2002 Dec;58(9):567-72

8. Harrington K. Legal Implications of the Practice of Medicine over the Internet Telemedicine and Cybermedicine Cyberlaw Nov. 10, 1999

9. Stanberry B A. Commentary: Legal aspects of health on the internet: a European perspective BMJ 2002;324:602-606 ( 9 March ) http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/602#Top

10. Wiesemann. Legal and Ethical Challenges Emerging in Cybermedicine, 43 St. Louis Univ. L.J. 1119, 1122 (1999).

11. Young D. FDA clarifies importation law as Internet pharmacies proliferate.Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 Apr 15;60(8):729-30

12. Council Directive 1992/28/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the advertising of medicinal products for human use. (Articles 1(3) and 3(1).) Official Journal of the European Communities No L 1995 11 February:32/26

13.Henney JE. Cyberpharmacies and the role of the US Food And Drug Administration.J Med Internet Res 2001 Jan-Mar;3(1):E3

14.National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. VIPPS. www.nabp.net/vipps/intro.asp (accessed 24 Jan 2002).

15. Bernall J. BIG BROTHER IS ON-LINE: Public and Private Security in the Internet Cybersociology 06 Aug. 1999 also available online at: http://www.socio.demon.co.uk/magazine/7/bigbrother.html

16. Cushman R. Serious Technology Assessment for Health Care Information TechnologyJ Am Med Inform Assoc. 1997 July; 4 (4): 259-265 [Free Full Text at PubMedCentral] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=61243

17. Online Pharmacies Settle FTC Charges http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/07/iog.htm

18.Menon AM, Deshpande AD, Perri M 3rd, Zinkhan GM. Trust in online prescription drug information among internet users: the impact on information search behavior after exposure to direct-to-consumer advertising.Health Mark Q 2002;20(1):17-35

19. Appelhanz C. Stovall: Internet isn’t a drug store, Topeka Capital Journal, Jun. 10, 1999,

20. Roan S. Your friendly neighborhood E-Drugstore; The new online pharmacies offer prompt, hassle-free service, but health experts worry that the sites also pose serious potential for misuse, L.A. Times, Sept. 20, 1999

21. Barett S. How to Spot a "Quacky" Web Site http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/quackweb.html

22.Eysenbach G. Online prescriptions of pharmaceuticals: where is the evidence for harm or for benefit? A call for papers--and for reflection.J Med Internet Res 2001 Jan-Mar;3(1):E1

Metadata

Repository Staff Only: item control page

Cogprints is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.