How to identify genuine pharmacy stores on the internet

[brownboy]

I came across a online pharmacy store that has a few medicines that I would be interested in ordering. What I want to know is, how do I verify if this pharmacy or other ones operating on the internet are genuine? I have never brought medicines online because of the fear of counterfeit drugs but I heard that one way to avoid this was to buy from genuine pharmacies. How do I identify them?

[Ethel]

I wouldn't buy any drugs online, but I particularly would not use that site because apart from telling us they are in Jersey, there is no address whatsoever on the site,and you pay using a third party so you have no redress at all if things go wrong.

Maybe the Distance Sellings Regs, which state that all businesses should give their address on their website, does not apply in the Channel Isles.

[rojash]

Not often that I disagree with Ethel, but it seems pretty genuine to me.

This page: http://www.pharmacyfix.co.uk/verified-uk-pharm acy.php gives the full address, plus the name of the pharmacist. It also provides links to a Jersey government site, showing all registered pharmacies, and to a page on the site of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, showing the registration of the pharmacist.

[Ethel]

You're right, Rojash, but the site is badly laid out.

That address should really be on the 'about us' link or the main body of the site. I agree it complies with the law inasmuch it is only one click from the main site but it could be clearer.