Buying drugs online is better say researchers
Shopping online is good because it’s convenient and your privacy is incredibly big. Whether people should be allowed to buy drugs over the internet is more controversial. So the Mayo Clinic Proceedings has just published some research from Utah. One hundred men with erectile dysfunction were divided into two groups. One bought Levitra online, the other went to see their local health providers. The results of the research make interesting reading. The headline is that buying Cialis online was “more reliable”. Of course, both groups got the drug in its full strength version. Delivery caused no problems. The key advantage to buying online lay in “patient education”. People buying drugs online received targeted email messages about the product and how to use it safely. Combined with the more general introductory material available online, patients were better informed than those who went to see a doctor. Amazingly less than half the patients who had a face-to-face conversation with their physician were given any instructions on how to use the medication safely. It’s alarming that physicians should prove so bad at communicating with their patients. Some allowances can be made because those in general practice are under great pressure to see patients quickly. But, not to give proper directions on safety. . . So, everyone has the freedom to choose. It’s official. Buying Levitra online is better. This reduce the number of patients asking for prescriptions and give physicians more time to do a better job.