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                                  EXHIBIT 10.2

               AMENDMENT TO 2000 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN


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                                   AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                                DRKOOP.COM, INC.

                      2000 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN

     drkoop.com, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of State of
Delaware (the "Company"), hereby adopts this Amendment to the drkoop.com, Inc.
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2000 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
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          WHEREAS, the Company has previously adopted the Plan which, among
     other things, contemplated the issuance of options to purchase up to an
     aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company;

          WHEREAS, the Company's Board of Directors has determined that it is in
     the best interests of the Company to amend the Plan to revise the
     eligibility provisions of the Plan, and to authorize the issuance of
     additional shares of Common Stock under the Plan.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

     1.  Amendment to Article I, Section III.A.  Section III.A. of Article I of
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the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced to read in its entirety as follows:

          A.  The persons eligible to participate in the Plan shall be limited
          to the following:

              (i)    Employees and Consultants of the Company (or its Parent or
          Subsidiary corporations) who render services which contribute to the
          management, growth and financial success of the Company (or its Parent
          or Subsidiary corporations) and who are not Officers or Directors of
          the Company;

              (ii)   Employees and Consultants of the Company who, as of the
          date of grant of Options to them hereunder, were not previously
          employed by the Company; provided, that the grant of such Options is
          an inducement essential to each such individual's entering into an
          employment contract with the Company; or

              (iii)  Officers and Directors of the Company, the grant of Options
          to whom does not require approval of the Company's shareholders as a
          condition to the Company's listing agreement with Nasdaq or which is
          otherwise exempt from any Nasdaq shareholder approval requirement
          (including without limitation, as a result of any exemptive order
          issued to the Company by Nasdaq).
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     2.  Amendment to Article I, Section IV.A.  Section IV.A. of Article I of
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the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced to read in its entirety as follows:

          A.  The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of the Company's
          authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock.  The aggregate
          number of shares which may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed
          20,000,000 shares.  The total number of shares issuable under the Plan
          shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with
          the provisions of this Section IV of Article One.


     I hereby certify that the foregoing Amendment to the Plan was duly adopted
by the Board of Directors of drkoop.com, Inc., effective as of August 21, 2000.

     Executed on this 21st day of August, 2000.


                                        /s/ Louis Scalpati
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                                                   Secretary

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