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The Charlatans Are Ready To Take Your Money

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. So what’s a consumer to do to verify that his/her online
prescription purchases are legitimate and safe? Harvard
One of the most important Recommends:
substances that passes through Check if the pharmacy is licensed with the State Board
our lips, down our throat, of Pharmacy.
and into our stomach for See if it has a physical address and phone number,
ingestion is the medicine that preferably in the United States.
is prescribed for us. Yet, for If it requires a doctor’s prescription.
many of us, we have erred If it has a licensed pharmacist available to answer
in choosing the source of questions.
that medication and may not of course, that can save you money, and with whom it is If it has prices that are too good to be true. If it gives
be receiving what the doctor convenient to do business. Sometimes it may be embarrassing some assurance that they are not collecting your personal
ordered when we order by internet. According to a study by the to pick up certain drugs at the neighborhood drugstore and mail information.
FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the NABP (National delivery fills that need with these well documented pharmacies. There is a website: https//safepharmacy/buy-safely
Association of Boards of Pharmacy), an independent non- However, Joanne Petrongolo, pharmacist at Harvard-affiliated which allows you to type in the subject pharmacy website
profit group, about 95% of the pharmacies online don’t require Massachusetts General Hospital points out that for others, the to determine if the store has NABP approval. And finally,
prescriptions for prescription-only drugs. source of the medication is unknown and unverified. It might be Petrongolo points out that for some generic medications
The internet opens the door for all kinds of charlatans to outdated, a different strength, having not been stored properly, which have been around for a long time, such as atenolol for
enter the drug business…because it can be very profitable for or even not be the correct medication. Those are pretty serious treating blood pressure, and simvastatin for treating elevated
them. There are many online pharmacies that are legitimate, charges, but they have been identified in actual studies. cholesterol you may find local pharmacies just as competitive
or even more so. With some research and investigation, it
Board Of Directors may be possible to buy right and avoid the charlatans ready
to take your money.

May 2023 – May 2025 Officers/Executive Committee Harold Katz R.Ph., Edgewater Estates. 

Chairman and President Randy Raskin District 5 Paul Hart (Esplanada)
Vice President Robert Cornell Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche, Current Events
Vice Chairman Bob Greenstein and El Dorado
Secretary Mary Ann Frazier District 6 Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Stel)
Treasurer Michelle Ricciuti-Carter Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Del Sol, and Palladium Group
District 7 David Arlein (Pointe 100)
District Directors The Plum/Cortina, Villa Sonrisa and Pointe 100
District 1 Zachary Elliott (Encantada) District 8 Jacob Stark (Costa Del Sol) The Current Events Group meet every Monday from
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms Costa Del Sol and Costa Brava 10am-11:30am at the BPCA office. The members consist
District 2 Chandra Stewart-Keith (Panaché) District 9 Leisa Tobler (Stratford Court) of both men and women and all Boca Pointe residents are
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court invited to attend. If you would like more information or
and Panaché At Large Directors
District 3 Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Through May 2025 Through May 2025 to sign up, please call 516-835-2670. 
La Mirada and Meridiana Robert Cornell (Costa Brava) Randy Raskin (The Palms)
District 4 Bob Greenstein (Lakes of La Paz) Mary Ann Frazier (The Palms) Michelle Ricciuti-Carter (Encantada)
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