If you have a prescription from a doctor, should you be allowed to fill it through a licensed online pharmacy?

Question: If a licensed physician prescribes medication for you, should you be able to utilize a licensed online pharmacy where the costs are lower? This would be a huge benefit for people who do not have insurance, and it is also more convenient because it is mailed directly to you. You would not have to stand in line, and it would not be embarrassing either depending on the particular medicine that you are having filled.

Answers:
Yes, and if it's an ongoing prescription, you might even be able to get a 3 month supply. Find the on line pharmacy you would like to use, and find out what they require.

Other Answers:
Why Not?

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The only way you can do that is if you have a fax and can fax the script to the pharmacist, they need to know if it is real or not by seeing it, not just you telling them. Sounds reasonable, but how do you ensure that the person for whom the prescription was written, is the person who is e-mailing it in?

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yes! i agree 100%! anyway some things you don't want anyone to see,right?

Yes, in fact, Walgreens is one of them.

www.walgreens.com Is this a question, then?
Sure, if the pharmacy is licensed, and can prove it is licensed, and can provide you with the medical information you need about your drugs, and employs actual pharmacists to dispense the drugs, why not? I personally use mail-service pharmacies thru my insurance companies.
But please be sure you are dealing with a truly reputable prahmacy. Check the better business bureau and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy ( http://www.nabp.net/ ) to ensure this company is good. Some online pharmacies have been caught substituting cheap placebos for actual drugs, or worse yet, oddball chemicals in place of medications, and have come close to killing people from their lack of ethics in search of the "bottom line". Better check those pharmacies out real well. Some people have really gotten burned. Had charges that far exceeded what they were shown on the internet, sometimes didn't get their med at all but were charged. Some even charge tariffs because they get the med from foreign pharmacies. It's probably gonna cost you a lot more than if you just go to Costco (cheapest place - and you don't have to be a member to use pharmacy) or Walmart.

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