Pharmacy vs Internet Pharmacy
Internet pharmacies have been supplying
online customers with more efficient alternatives to their
prescription drugs. By supplying on the internet, internet
pharmacies are able to cater manufacture and supply in
bulk; hence cutting the costs of medicines down.
Internet pharmacies automate most of their
daily processes; hence making it faster for licensed physicians
and pharmacists to prescribe medicine. Traditional pharmacies
take longer time on average to prescribe medicine.
Traditional pharmacies have higher costs;
due to many middlemen involved in distribution of pharmacy
drugs before they are bought by customers.
Traditional pharmacies involve many inefficiencies
such as stocking medicines in small quantities; unlike
internet pharmacies which manufacture in bulk and store
in warehouses. Sometimes, these medicines are stocked
for long periods of time (up to 2 years) in traditional
pharmacies.
Internet pharmacies cut down the prices
of household medicines and make medicine more affordable.
On the other hand, traditional pharmacies let customers
bear the brunt of medicine costs and for an average medicine
user, medicine costs can amount to a few hundred dollars
per month. By buying from internet pharmacies, a few hundred
dollars can be saved by an average medicine user every
month.
