Should I buy prescription drugs over the internet

[helvella]

Current thread on The Guardian website - comments still open:

theguardian.com/lifeandstyl...

[polly3]

I'm at a loss with it all now! Have been doing really well now I can't get cynomel doctor won't prescribe anymore and told me to buy my own and no we really shouldn't be buying on the internet. :-(((((!

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to polly3]

We certainly shouldn't NEED to buy on the internet.

Before we end up too convinced about buying over the internet, even the NHS recognises the validity of internet pharmacies, albeit within the UK:

nhs.uk/Service-Search/pharm...

[Clutter]

Thanks, Helvella. Polygonum's comments are spot on. We shouldn't need to resort to buying online if the medication/make of medication we require was available to us on the NHS if the generics and other medications NHS prescribe aren't tolerated or are ineffective.

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I have seen that and wish I could remember my login details! The NHS should hang its head in shame.

[greygoose]

I think it all dépends what you're buying. I Don't believe that anyone should take any kind of weight-loss drug from anywhere. Even those given by your doctor can cause problems - been there, done that!

But if we're talking about NDT and T3, sorry, but those aren't drugs! (And I insist on that.) And the price they charge for them it would hardly be Worth counterfitting.

I Don't think we should be lumping everything into the same bag and saying 'danger!' I think we should take them case by case. Articles like this are just crowd-pleasers to shaw up the opinions of the illiterati.