TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, a leading
informational web site for America’s Seniors and
Boomers, to launch campaign to identify bogus,
unsafe mail order pharmacies…Site visitors to
have opportunity to help ensure continued access
to safe, affordable prescriptions from reputable
mail order pharmacies
St. Louis, MO, April 10, 2007—The publisher of
www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, a leading
informational web site for America’s Seniors and
Boomers, says that his site will launch a new
public service to identify bogus internet
pharmacies that threaten the health of U.S.
citizens.
“It is because of those rogue pharmacies that
the ability and integrity of reputable licensed,
registered mail order pharmacies is used by
opponents of access to safe, affordable
prescription medicines from outside the U.S. to
confuse Americans,” says Daniel Hines, publisher
of
www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com.
The site will publish information about the
bogus sites with the new section at
www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com/Bogus_Pharmacy_Alert.htm
. The first bogus pharmacies will be identified
by March 10. But, site visitors don’t have to
wait to help provide protection for their fellow
citizens, boomers, friends and family members.
“These rouge pharmacies will be identified
not only from information we are able to
gather, but from our site visitors,” Hines
said.
He says that a special response form will be
developed for site visitors to send to
www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com when they
have received spam or some other
solicitation from a bogus pharmacy.
“This is an important health care issue,” Hines
says. “There can be no questioning the value of
legitimate, licensed pharmacies in helping huge
numbers of Americans to enjoy the health
benefits provided by safe, affordable
prescriptions.
“It is time to include citizen involvement in
identifying the ‘bad guys’ to make sure that
those legitimate pharmacies are able to carry
forth with their beneficial work.”
“There are several ways that anyone wanting to
know if the prescription medicines they order
over the Internet are safe can do” Hines says.
“First, always look for a license and
registration of the pharmacy with a governmental
agency established to set standards for all
pharmacies—not just mail order pharmacies. In
the case of Canadian-based pharmacies, this will
come from the provincial governing agency. The
registration should be prominently displayed on
the web site of the pharmacy.”
“Next, if the ‘pharmacy’ says it will offer
medicines without a prescription, it is
undoubtedly bogus and might even be selling
counterfeit and unsafe medicines. No legitimate
pharmacy will provide prescription medicines
without a physician’s prescription.”
Hines says that the pharmacy should also provide
a contact telephone number, and a legitimate
address where it conducts business.
”This ensures that there is a legitimate
operation, and if questions should arise, there
is a process in place to answer them or resolve
issues.”
One certain giveaway is the poor spelling, Hines
says.
“Almost all of the pharmacies have repeated
misspellings,” Hines notes.
Another way to identify reputable pharmacies is
to identify their work with and association with
advocacy groups who provide an ‘oversight’ of
the pharmacy’s safety and efficacy.
”One outstanding example is the
www.SafeSourceRx.com site, a product of a
cooperative effort by the Congress of California
Seniors with a premier mail order pharmacy,”
Hines says. “This site reflects a long-standing
commitment by CCS to provide safe prescription
medicines at savings of 40 to 80 percent not
just to its membership but to all U.S. citizens.
”This relationship can provide patient clients
with the confidence—and the peace of mind-- that
the medicine they are purchasing is legitimate
and safe.”
