Health news articles from Dr Fox covering medical, pharmaceutical, wellness, and topical subject areas.
Dr Fox has recently undertaken an independent customer satisfaction survey, the results of which have been very encouraging.
98% of people were either ‘extremely happy’ (78.5%) or ‘very happy’ (19.3%) with the service and 93% said they were ‘very likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to use the service again.
The full survey results are available to view here.
We would like to thank those customers that took the time to respond to our survey. Read in full
Viagra was developed and is marketed by the Pfizer pharmaceutical company and has been available for use since 1998. The active ingredient is Sildenafil citrate, a PDE5 inhibitor, which increases the flow of blood to the penis to aid men suffering from erectile dysfunction (impotence) achieve and maintain an erection.
Since it was introduced to the market in 1998 the rise of Viagra has been a worldwide phenomenon, helping millions of men suffering from erectile dysfunction and also spawning similar drugs and many third world counterfeit suppliers.
It was the drug that transformed the sexual landscape. Before Viagra, impotence meant shame and often the collapse of all but the most committed relationships. The discovery of its startling ability to restore men’s faded sexual function triggered a social revolution as monumental as that caused by the contraceptive pill.
Ten years on: it’s time to count the cost of the Viagra revolution, The Guardian, 24 February 2008
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The Dr Fox online clinic featured in a widely seen press article in 2010. The journalist, Maria Cheng of Associated Press, has done excellent research on online medicine.
The article entitled British patients click online to see doctor included the following: Read in full
In the UK Malarone is a prescription only medicine. This means Malarone tablets are not available without a prescription, except from some pharmacists using ‘patient group directions’ (a form of exception for the need for a prescription). Most pharmacists still require a prescription before Malarone can be supplied.
Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists with specialist travel medicine training, write the prescriptions. Usually there is a charge of between £10.00 to £25.00 for writing a prescription. The cost is set by the prescriber.
Dr Fox provides Malarone tablets at a low cost. Prices shown on the Dr Fox malaria tablets page.
Update September 2021: Malarone is Glaxo’s brand name for a medicine called atovaquone/proguanil. In February 2013, following a challenge to Glaxo’s patent, non-branded ‘generic malarone’ sold as atovaquone/proguanil became available as a UK licenced medicine. Malarone and atovaquone/proguanil are medically the same. A generic product called Maloff Protect (atovaquone/proguanil) is available to buy without prescription from a pharmacy, and is also supplied by Dr Fox on prescription. Read in full
GP magazine reviewed the www.doctorfox.co.uk service and published an article entitled Online medicines the ethical way in which they outline the ethos, aims and approach of the Dr Fox online clinic:
Buying drugs via the internet is risky, but not for people using this GP’s web clinic.
UK-regulated and registered doctorfox.co.uk is a web clinic with a difference.
Started by Bristol GP Dr Tony Steele, it provides prescription medicine online. Dr Fox also offers non-prescription items and treatments that the NHS does not pay for, such as malaria tablets. Parameters and checks are in place to ensure patient safety and confidentiality.
Available too are items rationed by the health service including hair loss treatments and certain medicines prescribed by NHS GPs, such as treatment for hay fever, thrush, chlamydia and contraception. Read in full
