Don’t put your health and personal finances at risk by ordering Viagra online from a vendor of questionable repute. Learn what to look for in an online facilitator or pharmacy to ensure you’re getting the best deal possible.
Shopping for Viagra online can be hazardous to your health. It can also put a bit of a dent in your personal finances and security as well. But you could save time and money if you deal with a reputable online facilitator or pharmacy. It’s critical that you know your vendor.
All too often, online pharmacies are not at all what they purport to be. Some of the tell-tale signs of shady operations include offers to sell medications without requiring a prescription and prices that are far below current market levels.
Drugs from Canada?
Some online vendors claim to supply legitimate prescription medications sourced from Canada, our friendly neighbor to the north, when in fact they are based on the other side of the world and have no ties whatsoever to Canada.
In far too many cases, the so-called drugs supplied by these shady online vendors are counterfeit — cleverly fabricated copies of familiar erectile dysfunction medications that contain no active ingredient at all. In other instances, they do contain some of the active ingredient associated with genuine Viagra but at levels too low to be effective or so high that they may pose a threat to your health. Furthermore, many of these counterfeit drugs have been found to contain toxic materials used as fillers or coloring agents.
FDA Offers Some Tips
So what does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommend you look for when shopping for a reputable online facilitator or pharmacy?
- It should require a prescription to obtain medications that are available in the United States by prescription only.
- It should supply a physical street address in the United States along with a local phone number consistent with that location.
- It should have a licensed pharmacist available to answer phoned-in questions about the medications it sells.
Ticking off all those boxes is longtime online facilitator eDrugstore.com, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. In business since the late 1990s, eDrugstore has served more than 630,000 customers and filled more than 2.25 million prescriptions over the past two decades.
How to Order from eDrugstore
If you have a prescription from your doctor for Viagra or one of the other ED drugs stocked by eDrugstore, you can fax it or scan and email it along with your online order. If you don’t have a prescription, eDrugstore can arrange a complimentary online consultation with a licensed U.S. physician who can authorize a prescription if appropriate. This can save you the time and money you would spend to consult a doctor on your own.
Kyle Rao, chief operations officer at Secure Medical Inc., eDrugstore’s parent company, recently told the Associated Press that eDrugstore “is elated to be at the forefront of a positive change in how many medical services are delivered.” He also noted that eDrugstore is valued by its customers “for its strict confidentiality, order-handling efficiency, and exemplary customer service.”
To learn more about eDrugstore, visit its Erectile Dysfunction page.
