Buying medicinal products safely online
Watch out for fake medicinal products on the internet
Buying medicinal product online is risky.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that half of the medicinal products sold online are counterfeit products.
These counterfeit medicinal products can be dangerous for our health, for 2 reasons:
- either they are ineffective, as they do not contain the active ingredient required to produce the desired therapeutic effect; or
- they contain excipients that are dangerous for our health.
3 steps for buying safely
Cliquez sur le logo
- Avant d’acheter des médicaments en ligne, assurez-vous que ce logo soit présent sur le site internet. Ce logo figurera sur tous les sites européens des pharmacies ou détaillants reconnues par les autorités nationales comme pouvant vendre légalement des médicaments sur internet.
- Cliquez sur ce logo et accédez au site internet de l’autorité de réglementation nationale du pays. Vous trouverez la liste des vendeurs agréés pour la vente de médicaments en ligne.
Check whether the seller is accredited
- Before buying your medicinal products on the internet, check whether the seller is on the list of sellers that have been approved to sell medicinal products online.
On the internet, there are pharmacies that are not authorised to sell medicinal products online. These pharmacies may offer unregulated medicines that can be dangerous for your health.
Buy safely
If the seller is authorised to sell medicinal products online, you can go ahead and buy your products with peace of mind.
This check confirms that the medicinal product you are buying online comes from a legal source. It has been manufactured according to strict standards established by national and international regulatory authorities.
Pharmacies accredited in Luxembourg
In Luxembourg, four pharmacies are authorised to sell medicines online.
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