Study: Few Americans Buy Drugs Online
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Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs &#151; and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies &#151; despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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A drug used to treat schizophrenia was mailed to some consumers who had ordered other medications via the Internet, and several users had to seek emergency treatment because they could not breathe, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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Frequent readers of newspaper Web  sites are more likely to make online purchases than other  Internet users, according to a study released on Friday by the  Newspaper Association of America.
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Many cannot easily shop around for the best bargains on their drugs, as other Medicare beneficiaries are supposed to do.
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WASHINGTON -- Home Internet users are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers, which found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software, and spyware programs secretly running on their computers.
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The prices Americans pay for prescription drugs would fall &#151; though not to the levels of Canada or Europe &#151; if the government let consumers buy medications abroad, lawmakers were told Wednesday.
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Only about 10 percent of people who are suitable candidates for two drugs received one of them last year.
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Most online pharmacies are unlicensed and may be putting patients health at risk, research suggests.
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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Methamphetamine use is rare in most of the United States, not the raging epidemic described by politicians and the news media, says a study by an advocacy group.
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NEW YORK -- Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs -- and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies -- despite websites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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For years, Americans have been popping painkillers like they were candy to treat everything from headaches to arthritis. But new data show America's love affair with the medications may have cooled off after the blockbuster drug Vioxx was pulled from the market over safety concerns.
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Half of men buying the impotence drug Viagra online are getting counterfeit tablets, study findings suggest. Dr Nic Wilson from the University of London tested Internet-sold samples using a new technique that accurately spots the ingredients of tablets.
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Many Americans can easily claim a $600 prescription drug credit, but are not taking the necessary steps, according to the South Dakota State University Extension Service.
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The ever-increasing number of medicines available without a prescription has been a godsend for many Americans. Consumers can now gain access to treatments for ills ranging from
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People going online seeking pills to relieve a variety of conditions are shipped a powerful anti-psychotic drug instead, an investigation by health officials reveals. By the Associated Press.
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Americans would be better off if they increased their use of generic prescription drugs instead of being allowed to buy drugs from other countries, according to a Bush Administration task force report on the feasibility of legalizing drug imports.