Experts say prescription drug sites like Hims, which let patients order drugs like Viagra after consulting with doctors online, can increase public health risks
The sites promise easy and embarrassment-free access to erectile dysfunction and libido pills. “E.D. meds prescribed online, delivered to your door,” one said recently. Tweets: @rshawnm , @david_j_roth , @nythealth , and @nytimes Tweets: Shawn Martin / @rshawnm : There are a lot of reasons why these sites are a problem - most notably, the physicians working there are probably violating state licensure laws. Drug Sites Upend Doctor-Patient Relations: 'It's Restaurant-Menu Medicine' - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/... David Roth / @david_j_roth : The hot new business innovation is just not doing what the law says, making up an unconvincing explanation for why it's okay, and then hoping you can raise money fast enough to outgun what's left of the regulatory state. And folks? It's great. http://www.nytimes.com/... @nythealth : Much like Uber, which argues that it is not a transportation company even as it connects drivers and passengers, the prescription drug sites have flown under the regulatory radar partly by arguing that they are tech platforms, not health providers http://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimes : A new wave of websites turns physicians into mere gatekeepers for popular lifestyle drugs, increasing public health risks, experts say http://www.nytimes.com/...