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Online 'buyers clubs' for cheaper drugs help fight HIV, hepatitis C
Data shows treatment arranged through these clubs can be just as effective as through conventional channels
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Mon, Nov 7, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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FRUSTRATED by the high price of antiviral drugs, thousands of patients from London to Moscow to Sydney are turning to a new wave of online "buyers clubs" to get cheap generic medicines to cure hepatitis C and protect against HIV infection.
While regulators warn that buying drugs online is risky, scientific data presented at a recent medical conference suggest that treatment arranged through buyers club can be just as effective as through conventional channels.
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