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>Stop Internet pharmacy > > >By DENIS MORRICE >president and CEO of The Arthritis Society and >co-chair of the Best Medicines Coalition >Friday, October 31, 2003 - Page A18 > > E-mail this Article > Print this Article > > > > Advertisement > > > > > > >Toronto -- Seen from a patient's perspective, the >Internet-pharmacy issue is actually pretty >straightforward. It should be stopped (N.Y. Mayor >Seeks Boycott Of Canada By Drug Firms -- Oct. 30). > >The Internet pharmacy provides drugs over the Web to a >faceless patient. > >No advice, no counselling, no patient safety net. > >What do the Canadian medical and pharmacists >associations say about putting drugs in the hands of >patients they have never seen? > >Moreover, Internet pharmacies are drawing pharmacists >away from the neighbourhood pharmacies, reducing the >number of pharmacists available to provide services >there. > >The bottom line should be the well-being of Canadian >patients. > >It's about the right drug, to the right person, by the >right person, at the right price, at the right time.

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