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For Consumers
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Resources for You
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Protecting Yourself
Protect yourself with these resources from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency offers tips for buying medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products online safely and reporting suspicious Web sites and products.
Quick Tips for Buying Online
- Make sure the site requires a prescription and has a pharmacist available for questions.
- Buy only from licensed pharmacies located in the United States. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has more information about licensing and its program to certify online pharmacies.
- Don't provide personal information such as credit card numbers unless you are sure the site will protect them.
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Buying Online
- The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicines Over the Internet
- Beware of Online Cancer Fraud
- How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet
- Fact Sheet--Buying Online Drugs, Office of Women's Health (PDF) (PDF - 120KB)
- Consumer Education: Buying Medicine and Medical Products Over the Internet
- Compra de medicinas recetadas a través del Internet: Una guía para el consumidor.
- Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online FAQs
- FDA Warns Consumers about Counterfeit Drugs from Multiple Internet Sellers
- Hidden Risks of Erectile Dysfunction "Treatments" Sold Online
- Buying Medical Devices and Diagnostic Tests Online
- Buying Contact Lenses Online or By Mail
- Consumer Safety Alert: Internet Sales of Laser Products
- FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Red Yeast Rice Products Promoted on Internet as Treatments for High Cholesterol
- Consumer Education: Counterfeit Medicine
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Warnings and Other Enforcement Actions
- Cyber Letters 2008
- FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures'
- FDA Warns Companies Importing and Marketing Drugs Over the Internet that Fraudulently Claim to Prevent and Treat STDs
- FDA Announces New Measures to Protect Americans from Counterfeit Drugs
- FDA Issues Warning Letter to Melanocorp, Inc. For Illegal Sale of Melanotan II
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Reporting Fraudulent or Dangerous Products
- Reporting Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on the Internet
- REPORTE DE VENTAS ILEGALES DE PRODUCTOS MEDICOS A TRAVES DEL INTERNET
- MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
- FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch
- Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA
- Reporting Spam to the Federal Trade Commission
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Recalls & Alerts
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Contact Us
- ConsumerInfo@fda.hhs.gov
Consumer Health Information Staff
HFI-40, 5600 Fishers La., Rockville, MD 20857
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