Guides
The questions that come up on every medicine page and deserve their own answer.
- How a prescription is legally obtained online, country by countryThe four countries this site is written for answer this question in four different ways, and one of them says no. Knowing which one applies to you is the difference between a legal route and an order from a site that should not exist.Reviewed 12 August 2026
- How to check an online pharmacy in two minutesEvery country in the European Union runs a public register of pharmacies allowed to sell medicine online. Checking one takes about two minutes, and it is the single most useful thing to do before ordering anything.Reviewed 12 August 2026
- What a generic actually isIn the categories on this site, the generic often costs a small fraction of the brand while containing the same active substance. That is not a discount and it is not a compromise: it is what happens when a patent ends.Reviewed 12 August 2026
- Getting a prescription online in Spain: what the law allowsIn Spain a prescription medicine cannot be bought online, and it is not a matter of finding the right website: the law forbids it. A different route does exist, and it is entirely ordinary.Reviewed 28 August 2026
- Getting a prescription online in Poland: what is allowedIn Poland a prescription can be issued remotely, and a prescription medicine cannot be sent by post. The two statements do not contradict each other, and together they describe the whole situation.Reviewed 28 August 2026
- Getting a prescription online in the Netherlands: what is allowedThe Netherlands has the more permissive rule: a prescription medicine may be sold and delivered online. That does not make everything done online lawful, and the difference lies in who writes the prescription.Reviewed 28 August 2026