Question 1

how risky is buying perscription drugs online?

Accepted Answer

Very dangerous: Unless these are purchased from a reputable pharmacy such as a mail order that is associated with your prescription plan, it can be very dangerous. One has no idea about strength and purity of these meds. For all one knows, they could have been made in a warehouse in any third world country or just be a sugar pill.

Question 2

is there any easy safe way to prepare diltiazem cream from the pills? the cream is not available in my country and its not allowed to buy drugs online

Accepted Answer

Not to my knowledge: As transdermal preparations are very different from oral.

Question 3

can you tell me how i could buy novantrone (chemotherapy drug) online, or from other sources in north america?

Accepted Answer

Why?: Chemotherapy agents are very toxic drugs that require special storage, mixing, and administration. This is to be done by professionals with expertise, not a "weekend oncologist". Do not play with this stuff. You could harm yourself and others.

Question 4

i heard 90% of online drugs are fake. what do they mean?

Accepted Answer

Don't know: Only one fake on-line drug could ruin your whole day. So...

One should not buy drugs on-line unless from a verified and trusted source ( like a mail order pharmacy) one should also not buy drugs on the street.  However, I do have many patients who buy medications from non us sources and seem to do just fine.

Question 5

given shot of terbutaline, didn't help & i'm left w/ contractions & massive headache. online this drug seems unsafe n not proven to help. why give it?

Accepted Answer

Terbutaline: Terbutaline will sometimes stop your contractions long enough(36-48 hours) to give you a steroid treatment that will help the lung maturity of your baby as well as lessen other problems if the baby delivers early. Other drugs are used more commonly now as terbutaline can cause problems. There is no drug that you can take every day that will prolong your pregnancy. These are only short term.

Question 6

is it true that drinking chia seeds such as the drink made by "mamma chia" can show up as an opiate on a drug test? i read online that it can

Accepted Answer

Not able to find: Confirmation.  I found lots of claims online that it can show up, but the botanical information i located on the content on the plant would not support that it could cause positive tests.  Poppy seeds actually do contain tiny amounts of opiates than can cause a positive test if they are consumed in enough quantity.  I do not think there is any established evidence that this can happen.

Question 7

i am worry as i am a poor drug metabolizer, i check online if inherited two non functional cyp2d6 gene/alleles, it will produce little or no enzyme to metabolize antidepressant. does that mean the drug will stay forever in body and not eliminated?

Accepted Answer

: Almost nothing stays for ever.  Well maybe lead and mercury.  Genes and other drugs that metabolize drugs can affect drug levels as can grapefruit juice.  Check it out for meds you are on.  And discuss with Dr.

Question 8

are online pharmacies where the drugs come from mumbai and are half the price of elsewhere safe?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on drug makers selling products in the U.S. (mostly generic drugs) that were made at certain plants in India. 
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/04/are-generic-drugs-made-in-india-safe/index.htm

Question 9

what is the best online or app drug interaction checker? drugs.com, rxlist, medscape, healthline or epocrates app? or is there a better choice?

Accepted Answer

I like Epocrates app: Epocrates is a leading smartphone app and online website used by physicians in America. It's free to use.

I am a primary care physician and use my Epocrates smartphone app on a daily basis to look up drugs and use the drug interaction checker. The pill identifier section is helpful too when patients only show me a pill instead of bringing the pill bottle also.

Question 10

what drugs to be taken after stopping smoking , is home remedial sufficient as many online post say this makes health good .how much this is true?

Accepted Answer

I am having : trouble tracking this. Many people are able to stop smoking without use of medications.

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How risky is buying perscription drugs online?

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Is there any easy safe way to prepare diltiazem cream from the pills? the cream is not available in my country and its not allowed to buy drugs online

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Can you tell me how i could buy novantrone (chemotherapy drug) online, or from other sources in north america?

A member asked:

I heard 90% of online drugs are fake. what do they mean?

A member asked:

Given shot of terbutaline, didn't help & i'm left w/ contractions & massive headache. online this drug seems unsafe n not proven to help. why give it?

A member asked:

Is it true that drinking chia seeds such as the drink made by "mamma chia" can show up as an opiate on a drug test? i read online that it can

A member asked:

I am worry as i am a poor drug metabolizer, i check online if inherited two non functional cyp2d6 gene/alleles, it will produce little or no enzyme to metabolize antidepressant. does that mean the drug will stay forever in body and not eliminated?

A member asked:

Are online pharmacies where the drugs come from mumbai and are half the price of elsewhere safe?

A member asked:

What is the best online or app drug interaction checker? drugs.com, rxlist, medscape, healthline or epocrates app? or is there a better choice?

A member asked:

What drugs to be taken after stopping smoking , is home remedial sufficient as many online post say this makes health good .how much this is true?

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