The Evolution of Canadian Online Pharmacy or Internet Pharmacy - Infographic

The internet or online pharmacy is a pharmacy that does its operations over the web. Customer orders are then sent via mail or various shipping companies. Canadian pharmacies are based in Canada and they might have shipping or fulfillment centers across the globe.

Online pharmacies might include:

• Legitimate online pharmacy located in the same country as the order origin.
• Legitimate online pharmacy in a different country than the order source. This internet pharmacy is usually licensed by its home country. Such a pharmacy also operates under its home country regulations and not international regulations.
• Unethical or Illegal online pharmacy. The website of an illegal pharmacy may contain false information about its home country, certificates and or procedures. The "pharmacy" may send counterfeit or outdated (expired shelf life) medications, and will often fail to follow normal procedural safeguards.

When you think about it, internet pharmacies are actually just "mail-order pharmacies" with an online presence. Did you know that the mail order pharmacies have been in existence for well over a century?

It is no doubt that the internet has provides you with a platform to find medications that are safe and of lower cost both in the U.S. and outside. But the other truth is that it has also made a public health minefield with dangerous online pharmacies posing as safe pharmacies. Such kind of websites are accessed daily often selling fake and low quality drugs, or safe and genuine prescription drugs but with no prescription requirements. Unfortunately, these rogue internet or online pharmacies have caused serious sickness and even death and pose a serious threat to your safety and that of patients who look to buy their medications online.

While many people are buying from the rogue pharmacies, many patients are also benefiting from the safe foreign pharmacies. It remains a fact that safe and low priced prescription drugs can be found on the internet pharmacies especially from Canada. Always check you are buying from a legitimate online pharmacy which has pharmacychecker.com seal of approval. Make sure the website you are buying medication from is safe and secure.

Infographic source: Canadian Pharmacy King

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