With the Internet sometimes referred to as a modern, technological version of the Wild West, health web sites have proliferated in recent years to become hubs of medical information dissemination. Related Documents 19. Members of a House panel grilled federal officials about how they intend to stop illegal prescribing activities over the Internet Related Documents 20. Related Documents 21. Related Documents 22.
Online prescriptions are easy to get.
The drug you buy without medical supervision could be your undoing Related Documents 23. Related Documents 24. Each day, millions of kids across the U.S. spend much of their free time surfing the Internet, and a good number of them are looking for advice, friendship, or just a place to vent in teen-oriented chat rooms and message boards. Related Documents 25. Filling prescriptions through the Internet might seem like a convenient way to keep the family medicine cabinet stocked, but there are a number of dangers associated with buying medications through Web sites, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.