Online Rx Services Running Amuck

Prescription delivery services have been growing in popularity, and have become increasingly available to patients, allowing for convenience in the form less trips to the doctor and pharmacy alike. What if you could cut out the visit to the doctor altogether? That is a question that drug prescribing sites like Roman, Kick, Hims, and Hers have tried to answer. Marketing everything from Viagra, to contraceptives, the sites claim they connect doctors to patients and are not subject to federal drug marketing or regulatory agencies that regulate drug manufacturers and drug distributors. These sites use prescribing algorithms and interactive patient health questionnaires that limit doctor interaction, making high volume requests easy to maintain, turning profits to the tun of $23 Million, $41 Million, and investments of over $100 million. Click here to view the New York Times investigation.