Dot-Pharmacy Ensures Safe Online Medications For Pets

VetRxDirect has continually held the Veterinary-Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites™ (Vet-VIPPS) seal, a rigorous accreditation program through the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®). The Vet-Vipps seal ensured animal owners they were buying safe medications and medical devices from a licensed, regulated pharmacy. Due to the increase of online fraudulent and criminal activity, the pharmacy websites could display fake certification logos and were selling counterfeit, unapproved, and potentially dangerous medications to consumers. As a continued effort to protect consumers and their pets, the Vet-Vipps program was merged and replaced by the NABP .pharmacy verified websites program. We encourage you to learn more about the Vet-VIPPS merge by visiting the NABP website.

What is .pharmacy?

.pharmacy is a program that verifies safe and legitimate pharmacy websites. It also develops a set of strict standards and policies with NAPB and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) to ensure online sites are legal and appropriately regulated. The goal is to protect people and animals from potentially dangerous medications and to give you a peace of mind when buying online:

How Do I Know An Online Pharmacy Is Safe?

Protect yourself and your pet by looking for .pharmacy in the website address/URL or by checking the .pharmacy website registry to make sure that your pet’s online pharmacy is accredited by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). Simple as that!

Dedicated to Safety

By registering with the .pharmacy program, VetRxDirect proudly demonstrates to our clients the continued commitment to high-quality pharmacy practices and excellence in pharmaceutical care for your pets. VetRxDirect is also an accredited compounding pharmacy.

VetRxDirect Awarded Google Trusted Store Badge

VetRxDirect Pet Pharmacy, which offers competitively priced prescription pet medications, vet labelled supplements and medical devices, was recently selected to join the Google Trusted Stores program. To help shoppers identify online merchants that offer a great shopping experience, the Google Trusted Store badge is awarded to e­commerce sites that demonstrate a track record of on­time shipping and excellent customer service.

When visiting the VetRxDirect website, shoppers can hover over the Google Trusted Store badge and see metrics on the store’s shipping and customer service performance. VetRxDirect has a 100% rating for excellent service and 92% rating for on­time shipping.

“Since 2007, our goal has been to provide pet parents with medications and supplements for dogs and cats at competitive prices with quick, excellent customer service,” said Wes Hepker, Director of VetRxDirect Pet Pharmacy. “Being awarded the Google Trusted Store badge demonstrates to the veterinary community as a whole that pet pharmacy can and is being done correctly and professionally at VetRxDirect.”

As an added benefit, when a shopper makes a purchase at a Google Trusted Store, they have the option to select free purchase protection from Google. Then in the unlikely event of an issue with their purchase, they can request Google’s help, and Google will work with VetRxDirect and the customer to address the issue. As part of this, Google offers up to $1,000 lifetime purchase protection for eligible purchases.

Google Trusted Stores is entirely free, both for shoppers and for online stores. The program helps online stores like VetRxDirect attract new customers, increase sales and differentiate themselves by showing off their excellent service via the badge on their websites.

Previous to the Google Trusted Store badge, VetRxDirect was the first pet pharmacy awarded the Vet-VIPPS accreditation and their compounding pet pharmacy is PCAB accredited. VetRxDirect Pet Pharmacy is properly licensed in all 50 states and D.C.

VetRxDirect Earns Google Trusted Store Status

VetRxDirect Pet Pharmacy

1150 5th St, Ste 146, Coralville, IA 52241

info@vetrxdirect.com – 866.761.6578

 

Learn How to Find a Reputable Online Pet Pharmacy.

We’ve talked in the past about the importance for you, your veterinarian and your pet to work with a reputable, licensed, and accredited pet pharmacy. Recently, ’60 Minutes’ aired a segment revealing how fake drugs are spreading around the world.

How can you be certain your pet’s drugs are the real thing? Watch this ’60 Minutes’ Web Extra and learn as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent explains how to find a legitimate online pharmacy.

Not only do counterfeit drugs not work, they may be dangerous and even deadly. Protect yourself and your pet by looking for and clicking on the Vet-VIPPS ‘Click to Verify’ logo from the pharmacy’s website to confirm your pet’s pharmacy is accredited by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).