A warning to patients about the dangers of buying prescription drugs via the Internet has been issued recently by the BMA. The Association wants to work with the government and the World Health Organisation to control Internet sales of medicines.

Dr. Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of the BMA Council, said the problem with buying medications via the internet is that patients may not be getting the name drugs, but instead an inactive or dangerous substance.

Drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction are among those most frequently purchased from Internet sites. Dr Meldrum said: "One of the messages we are trying to get over to the public is of the dangers of [self-prescribing medication without seeing a doctor]."

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