[Attitude of patients and customers toward on-line purchase of drugs--a Hungarian survey by community pharmacies].

Abstract:

:As internet is now available to nearly everyone in Hungary, the accessibility of websites offering pharmaceutical products is also increasing. The national and international regulation of these sites is currently an unsolved problem worldwide, thus potentially harmful, counterfeit and prescription only medicines are easily accessible on the market. We aimed to measure and estimate the current situation of the ordering of online medicines. In 5 Hungarian cities 434 self-administered questionnaires were collected in community pharmacies. Our results show that 6.2% of the respondents have already ordered drugs or dietary supplements online and approximately same amount of people are considering this option in the near future. Based on our survey mostly the educated, the 30-49 year old people and women are likely to buy drugs online. Every fifth respondent reported willingness to buy drugs online from abroad if lower prices were offered. Most people do not know that the quality of medicines purchased online could be different from the ones purchased from community pharmacies. We would like to draw attention of healthcare professionals to the rising popularity and potential risks of drugs available online.

journal_name

Orv Hetil

journal_title

Orvosi hetilap

authors

Fittler A,Bosze G,Botz L

doi

10.1556/OH.2010.28974

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-11-28 00:00:00

pages

1983-90

issue

48

eissn

0030-6002

issn

1788-6120

pii

J81145743558L627

journal_volume

151

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