Another reason to only use online pharmacies that require a valid prescription

Doctors are not just an inconvenience in the health care system. They act as gatekeepers of responsible health care.

Are they perfect? Of course not. Doctors are human and they can make mistakes. But patients are human too, and have a lot less medical knowledge than their doctor. The following article is another reminder of how important the doctor/prescription link can be.

"Professor, wife sue online pharmaceuticals company

In an effort to shed light on the largely unregulated Internet market of drugs and pharmacies, structural biology Prof. David McKay, and his wife, Sheila, are suing a Colorado physician and an online pharmacy for negligence and wrongful death one year after their 19-year-old son committed suicide as the result of a prescription given without a doctor consultation. More..."

Unfortunately, the young man in the story paid with his life in order to avoid the inconvenience of seeing his doctor for a prescription.

Don't make the same mistake.