Canadian Online Pharmacy Avoids Counterfeit Online Drugs by Carefully Vetting Canadian Pharmacies and International Wholesalers

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We carefully inspect every supplier knowing that not only will your family receive these drugs but so too will my own; yes, I get my own medicines from NorthWestPharmacy.com,

(PRWEB) May 16, 2011

NorthWestPharmacy.com, a leading Canadian pharmacy & online drugs merchant, has been carefully guarding its supply chain against counterfeit online drugs for years. But in response to recent media concerns about online drugs in general, the Canadian online pharmacy has once again decided to share its extensive experience in ensuring its American patients only receive quality and authentic Canadian drugs and international medicines.

While there are many components to the Canadian online pharmacy’s safety program, the lynchpin is an on-site visit to every one of its international wholesalers and pharmacies. “We carefully inspect every supplier knowing that not only will your family receive these drugs but so too will my own; yes, I get my own medicines from NorthWestPharmacy.com,” says Ankur Arora, a licensed New York State attorney who heads up NorthWestPharmacy.com’s supplier inspections.

Mr. Arora says his review is done to help ensure the Canadian drugs and international drug suppliers are employing proper dispensing procedures, have been licensed by their respective government bodies and can demonstrate pharmaceutical product pedigree. “It is important to work with wholesalers that are multi-million dollar procurement specialists who buy direct from the manufacturers,” he notes.

Indeed the Canadian pharmacies lawyer rarely approves a supplier. “Everything has to be just right, including the reputation and record of the people who own and operate the company. Ultimately, NorthWestPharmacy.com only works with a handful of well-established pharmacies and wholesalers who are keenly aware of their local markets.” The Canadian online drugs site’s strict vetting criteria have meant it has not approved any new suppliers in more than two years despite numerous applications each month.

“But the due diligence doesn’t stop there,” says Aman Bhangu, a licensed pharmacist with a decade of experience in American and Canadian retail pharmacies and Canadian online pharmacies. “Even though NorthWestPharmacy.com knows its suppliers very well, it conducts chemical testing through its own test orders with a FDA approved lab,” says Bhangu who oversees the chemical testing program for NorthWestPharmacy.com. The Canadian pharmacy’s online drugs are also subject to random chemical testing through mystery shopping by the Canadian International Pharmacy Association, of which NorthWestPharmacy.com is a certified member. Pharmacist Bhangu says he is very confident in the Canadian pharmacy’s online drugs in part because the rigorous safety program has meant no drug procured by the company has ever failed a chemical test.

When asked whether it is only safe to buy drugs online from certified American pharmacies as some media outlets suggest, Mr. Bhangu replies, “having practiced for many years as a pharmacist in the USA, I can tell you that is just plain nonsense. Besides the outrageously high price of drugs in USA is simply not an option for many and of course there are safe and legitimate Canadian online pharmacies out there.”

Pharmacist Bhangu offers his advice for selecting safe, reliable and legitimate Canadian pharmacies online. The ratings and comments from other actual patients of an online Canadian drugs site is critical. But he says to ignore the sort of public comment boards where anybody – even those that are not real customers of the Canadian pharmacy website – can post comments. He also says he would ignore the ratings and reviews of Canadian pharmacies that collect and display their own customers’ ratings because the Canadian online pharmacy site owner has the power to edit or remove the negative customer reviews as well as add their own phony positive reviews.

NorthWestPharmacy.com has more than 18,000 authentic customer reviews which have been independently aggregated and displayed by a leading online ratings firm called Shopper Approved. The Canadian drugs vendor has no control over these reviews – whether good or bad – which gives prospective customers a true snapshot of the NorthWestPharmacy.com shopping experience. It is the only Canadian pharmacy online to receive the prestigious five star seal from Shopper Approved.

Other must have factors are the Canadian International Pharmacy Association seal and one must also check to see that each of the Canadian pharmacies they are considering have been inspected and guaranteed by the buySAFE buyer assurance program. Finally, no matter which Canadian online pharmacies patients choose to buy drugs online from, Pharmacist Bhangu says that online privacy should be certified by the top online privacy watchdog, TRUSTe.

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