Online retailer defies local regulations to push Rx drugs

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Online retailer defies local regulations to push Rx drugs

Stephen Forbes

Stephen Forbes

Ruth Large
Rural hospital medicine specialist Ruth Large says companies are skirting New Zealand’s medicine rules with social media [Image - Supplied]

An overseas retailer is illegally offering New Zealand customers access to weight-loss drugs without a prescription, Stephen Forbes reports

The purchaser risks exposing themselves to poor quality and possibly counterfeit products from potentially illegal sources Medsafe is aware an on