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News report about an Atlanta based fake online pharmacy.

Buying prescriptions online can be an easy and cost effective alternative to conventional methods of accessing prescription medications.
Online pharmacies have mushroomed in the last decade as consumers without insurance struggle to pay the high prices that land based pharmacy chains charge. However, novice buyers need to be aware that the amount of fake online pharmacies, commonly operating from high risk scam countries like Nigeria ,Russia and Thailand where corruption is widespread and the back end facilities are readily available has also increased. The vast majority of online pharmacies are trustworthy legitimate operations that will try to ensure that your experience with them is a positive one as the competition has never been greater and retaining customers becomes more difficult. Taking some basic precautions you can avoid getting ripped off in your search for lower cost prescription medications essential to your personal wellbeing. We've put together this guide that will help you by providing tips, warnings, advice and resources related to buying brand name and generic prescription medications online without insurance.

Prescription medication prices in the United States are currently the highest in the world and the US pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable sector in the US economy. The cost of manufacturing the medication isn't great but the cost of research, development, marketing and administration is what drives the prices to extortionate levels with the US (with 5% of the worlds population) accounting for nearly 40% of the global research and development of new pharmaceutical medications. Prices of brand name medications in the US are significantly higher than in Canada, Europe, India and South America where price controls are implemented such is the case in most countries/regions around the world.

This large difference in the price of prescription medication is the reason why an estimated $1 billion a year is spent by US citizens on medicaion from canadian pharmacies alone. US customs estimate that over 11 million americans bring prescription medication into the US through land borders and an estimated 5 million packages containing prescription medication arrive through the post annually. A few years ago, US citizens purchased their prescription medication from canadian pharmacies but these days consumers are increasingly shopping online from pharmacies based in Europe, India, the UK and South America where they can save anything up to 85% on US prices for generic medication and up to 40% on brand name medications.

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