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Is traditional pharmacy still superior than online pharmacy?

  The most important luxury developed by human in 21st century is home delivery of anything. A man has evolved a lot but at the same time he is going into the idle state of lifestyle. Though it's a good thing actually to make the life easier, it can't be true for all of the products we use. Especially the things which deals with human life can't be ignored easily. It is the coolesst thing nowadays to order online. In metro and mega cities the culture is developed already to the food dishes and now it's entering into the small towns too. It's not a hazardous thing to stop someone using online delivery services. But when it's a matter of medicine, It surely needs some attention. Over the years, the way people purchase medicines has evolved significantly. The advent of technology has given birth to the concept of online pharmacies, which has revolutionized the traditional pharmacy industry. Online pharmacies, also known as e-pharmacies, allow customers to order med...

2 medical apps for smart pharmacists

We are living in the world where all the things we need on our fingertips. Dr Google has become the most prominent advisor of our lives. In such case we must assure that the data we are receiving must fulfil atleast two requirements: - Must be latest - Must be authentic And to check these requirements you may go through the following article: Is every health information on internet reliable? The world has been synchronized from computer screen to mobile screen and that's why we always ask for handy apps instead of complex websites. The things are going easy each day. Sometimes google don't provide the data we need actually and we have to filter out it manually as per our need. In such case if we are looking for a precise database, we must have to direct ourselves to the app especially designed for our requirements. Though we have too many apps on play store for the immediate medicine data like Epocrates, iPharmacy, Medplan, My therapy, Pharmacist’s Letter,...

Is every health information on internet reliable?

You wanted to know whether your fever was dengue or malaria and you just asked to Dr.Google instead of lab tests on the basis of your symptoms. Sometimes your headache search results also lead to cerebral palsy. That is how we are too much reliable on Internet sources. Today, people are making Google a tool to doubt doctors. They cannot trust their own doctors as much as they trust the mobile in their hands. The availability of easy-to-use and cheap Internet may also force us to take advantage of this. 90% of the patients with 18 to 24 years age range trust medical information on social media. I said social media, not a medical journal. Medical journals are enriched with knowledge sources which may be indigestible for the most of people. All want everything on their fingertips. So day by day it's being a vast platform for the consumers to obtain the right information and knowledge to fulfill their queries. Everything is marketed online and the online publicity is now the...