Although Phonebook neither promotes nor guarantee the quality of services of any particular Pharmacy, you can buy prescription medication and drugs confidently from Pharmacies where prescriptions are handled and reviewed by qualified pharmacists thus minimizing drug related accidents due to wrong drug or dosage.
Before purchasing check whether the Pharmacy has a proper storage area for storing drugs as per specifications, especially temperature controlled drugs such as injections. You should also inquire whether the drugs are purchased from reliable sources and any screening process is in place to check the quality.
Things to Remember when Buying Medicines:
- FAKE MEDICINES: There are many spurious drugs being sold in the market and an un-trained person is unable to differentiate between these.
- UNQUALIFIED CHEMISTS: Prescription errors made by non-qualified chemists are a major cause of concern leading to sentinel events.
- IMPORPER STORAGE: Drugs Loose their efficacy due to improper storage.
- EXPIRED MEDICINES: Check manufacture date and expiry date. Taking expired drugs can be extremely harmful.
- PRICE: Cost reduction can be done by replacing ‘’Brand Name’’ with high quality therapeutic equivalent drugs. However, not all therapeutic equivalent are equal in quality.
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