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A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor

f the world. These findings have led to the call from doctor’s world over, to ban online consolations. Patients are often given prescriptions without being spoken too or even seeing to by a General Practitioner. And this is looked at by many as un-ethical method of treatment.

In Britain the National Audit Office has anticipated that at least 600,000 people have at some point used the internet to buy prescription medicines.

Some of the Popular drugs found online include:
· Viagra - The anti-impotence pill
· Lorazepam- Which is used to treat anxiety but has the side effects that can cause dizziness, memory loss, and even hallucinations.
· Valium - A antidepressant which is known to be highly addictive
· Lipitor – The cholesterol-lowering drug. This can cause several health problems if not used correctly. Having an 8 billion dollar market, online drugs in the category of Lifestyle drugs are targeted at consumer’s world wide. These are the slimming agents, hair loss and erectile dysfunction products.

However, even these life style drugs can be quite fatal, as in the case of 21-year-old Ana Carolina Reston. An anorexic Brazilian model, who lived on a diet of only apples and tomatoes. After her death it was suspected that she had also been taken a cocktail of prescription drugs for slimming and pain relief. It is believed that anorexia and the cocktails of prescription drugs was finally the caused for her body to shut down.

The report by the United Nations calls for the stricter enforcement of control measures and public education campaigns.

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