Online medication purchasing during the Covid-19 pandemic: potential risks to patient safety and the urgent need to develop more rigorous controls for purchasing online medications, a pilot study from the United Arab Emirates

Online medication purchasing during the Covid-19 pandemic: potential risks to patient safety and the urgent need to develop more rigorous controls for purchasing online medications, a pilot study from the United Arab Emirates

Abstract Background Since the WHO announced that Covid-19 had become a global pandemic, online pharmacies have emerged as an extremely popular way to purchase medication due to the quarantine measures introduced by numerous countries to prevent the virus's spread. Aim The aim of this study was...

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Main Authors: Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Sabaa Saleh Al-Hemyari, Naseem Mohammed Abdulla, Faris El-Dahiyat, Maimona Jairoun, Saleh Karamah AL-Tamimi, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Subjects:
Online pharmacies
COVID-19
Patient safety
Online medication
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00320-z

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