Dangerous drugs online

Abstract

The risks associated with self-medication chave been amplified by the ability to corder prescription, non-prescription and ccomplementary medicines online. cProducts bought over the internet may cbe counterfeits or contain undeclared cingredients. Undeclared pharmaceuticals are cincreasingly being found in complementary cmedicines. cMarketing of medicines on the internet has cnot been limited to therapeutic drugs. There cis a growing variety of new recreational or c'designer' drugs. cWithout effective methods for detecting cemerging drugs and with limited knowledge cof their effects on users, online ordering cpresents a new challenge to public health.