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> A bit different though, as those are legal. I don't think it's legal to sell prescription drugs without a prescription...

stavros 3y ago
Hims will take you through a consultation and write you a prescription, it's very well regulated, AFAIK. We (Numan.com, a provider in the same category) certainly are, often, by multiple regulatory bodies.
tazu 3y ago
I'm sure those ads are for pill-mills (similar to chat-based "therapy" [1]) where you chat with a licensed MD (probably receiving kickbacks) for 5 minutes and get a prescription for those substances. [1]: https://www.betterhelp.com/ https://www.betterhelp.com/
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  Yes. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39702713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39702713
  - Pokerface777 3y ago
    I thought they were somewhat a thing of the past... I guess profits always wins.
seanmcdirmid 3y ago
I’m guessing we are just discussing the states right? It’s OTC in a few other countries.
- Pokerface777 3y ago
  right across the border in Mexico there's a pharmacy literally at every corner near San Diego, and no prescriptions are needed, you are correct.... The one at stopped at the lady let me know that she was watching the show Breaking Bad on the TV behind me... she was old and asked the other lady to get out of the store before we started doing business... she would not sell me Fentanyl though. She would only sell oxys, percs, and other stuff. I didn't buy anything though.
  - chasd00 3y ago
    You’re not getting what you think you’re getting at those pharmacies though. They’re just selling labels of what Americans will buy and filling the vials with whatever they can find. The reason even pretending to sell fentanyl is off limits is because that puts them in competition with real drug dealers (even if the fentanyl is fake) which is incompatible with life.

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> A bit different though, as those are legal. I don't think it's legal to sell prescription drugs without a prescription...

by Pokerface777 3y ago

stavros 3y ago
Hims will take you through a consultation and write you a prescription, it's very well regulated, AFAIK. We (Numan.com, a provider in the same category) certainly are, often, by multiple regulatory bodies.
tazu 3y ago
I'm sure those ads are for pill-mills (similar to chat-based "therapy" [1]) where you chat with a licensed MD (probably receiving kickbacks) for 5 minutes and get a prescription for those substances. [1]: https://www.betterhelp.com/ https://www.betterhelp.com/
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  Yes. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39702713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39702713
  - Pokerface777 3y ago
    I thought they were somewhat a thing of the past... I guess profits always wins.
seanmcdirmid 3y ago
I’m guessing we are just discussing the states right? It’s OTC in a few other countries.
- Pokerface777 3y ago
  right across the border in Mexico there's a pharmacy literally at every corner near San Diego, and no prescriptions are needed, you are correct.... The one at stopped at the lady let me know that she was watching the show Breaking Bad on the TV behind me... she was old and asked the other lady to get out of the store before we started doing business... she would not sell me Fentanyl though. She would only sell oxys, percs, and other stuff. I didn't buy anything though.
  - chasd00 3y ago
    You’re not getting what you think you’re getting at those pharmacies though. They’re just selling labels of what Americans will buy and filling the vials with whatever they can find. The reason even pretending to sell fentanyl is off limits is because that puts them in competition with real drug dealers (even if the fentanyl is fake) which is incompatible with life.