Abstract
Online pharmacy has been in the focus of heightened interest during this lockdown period due to COVID outbreak in Nepal and worldwide. This paper explains the issues relevant to online pharmacies that sell drugs with or without prescriptions to patients at the retail level online (through software apps or website). The online pharmacy industry has shifted its target abruptly during this pandemic period in developing as well as developed countries. The various aspects of online pharmacy practice are listed within this article. Issues like access, prescription, availability, misuse, and lack of awareness among the patients are described. The challenges and opportunities are discussed as well as the necessity of rules and regulation for online pharmacies on country level are elaborated. A proper advice to the patients and proper monitoring of online pharmacy should be offered for proper and safer way of purchasing drugs. The zero tolerance to the misuse or abuse of prescription and non-prescription drugs should be practiced.
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