In fact, the drugstore chains will use their mail-order distribution centers to fill Internet orders. Online pharmacies tout themselves as more convenient. You can e-mail the pharmacist. In some you can talk with one on a toll-free call. To get the prescription, customers type in the prescription and doctor information.
Online pharmacists verify the prescription just as a retail pharmacy does.
They call the doctor, check his record with Drug Enforcement Administration and discuss potential drug interactions. Some sites are experimenting with e-mail communications with doctors. Most states including Florida allow prescriptions to be faxed or transmitted by telephone conversation, so Internet pharmacies are legal. Few online pharmacies will accept orders for powerful Schedule II drugs such as morphine and barbiturates. Those drugs can be legally prescribed only by a signed, paper prescription.