Farmacia - Lettura

Su Internet si trova proprio di tutto, ma ciò ha anche degli svantaggi. Leggi la lezione di oggi per saperne di più!

With the advent of the internet, thousands of powerful drugs (farmaci) can be bought (acquistati) online.
While the net is home to (ospita) many legitimate pharmacies, it is also home to a number of e-pharmacies (farmacie elettroniche) that operate illegally selling (vendendo) drugs to anyone willing to (disposto a) pay for them.
Anyone can buy treatments (cure) for cancer, impotence or depression and other medicines that are generally only available (disponibili) with a prescription (ricetta medica).
The pharmaceutical industry says it is concerned (preoccupata) but powerless (impotente): websites that operate in countries with tight rules (regole severe) can be shut down (chiusi), but other websites ship (spediscono) drugs from countries where a prescription is not required under the law (per legge).
Doctors fear (temono) that bringing this phenomenon under control may be impossible.
“We need to educate patients about the dangers (pericoli) of buying medicines over the internet” said a spokesman (portavoce) for the British Medical Association, “People should not be taking medicines without (senza) medical advice (parere)”.