(click to hear a 60 sec. out-take of Drugstore.com Chairman, Peter Neupert's interview)

Drugstore.com and The Patient's Voice Internet Radio Show Take On the

Virtual Corner Drug Dealer: The Illegal Online Pharmacy

The dramatic rise of Internet usage by senior citizens on a fixed income, along with skyrocketing prices of medications and the demand for illegal narcotics, has spawned a new industry - the illegal online pharmacy - that preys on victims with outright credit card fraud or ineffective look-alike drugs that have chemical make-ups dangerously different than those of U.S. manufacturers.

As a way to alert consumers to this growing problem, The Patient's Voice has just completed a pre-recorded show (available at www.thepatientsvoice.com ) featuring an interview with Peter Neupert, Chairman of Drugstore.com. In her candid interview with Neupert, the show's founder and host Rosemary Roberts explores the set-up, the pitch, and the rip-off involved with online illegal pharmacies, educating listeners to the tell-tale signs of online pharmaceutical offers that otherwise look real, sound real and offer what seems to be a consumer's dream deal.

"The illegal online pharmacy problem is growing at epidemic proportions," states Rosemary Roberts, founder and host of The Patients Voice. "We strive to offer our listening audience a unique perspective on health care issues and this issue is one that all online consumers should hear.

Long considered a leader in the legitimate online pharmaceutical community, Drugstore.com's battle on behalf of consumers against the illegal online pharmacy has helped to create specific guidelines that must be met to qualify for VIPPS® approval. VIPPS© stands for the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites seal of approval, and the VIPPS© symbol is found only on those sites that have been approved by means of an onsite inspection following an in-depth investigation of policy and supply process. Drugstore.com's Chairman and special guest on the show, Peter Neupert, stresses, "VIPPS© "is the only means by which a consumer can be sure they're dealing with a legitimate online pharmaceutical provider,"

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Consumer driven in content, The Patients Voice offers an audio platform from which healthcare consumers are invited to voice their opinions on any health-related subject, seek specific healthcare information, suggest new topics and find links to specialists and additional web-based information. Topics for the initial season include:

• GHB At Your Fingertips -- Nail Care and Other Over-the-Counter Products Known To Simulate the Date-Rape Drug
• Acute Sepsis - Claiming More Lives Annually Than Breast, Colon, Prostate and Pancreatic Cancers Combined
• Psychotropic Drug Use in Children
• Is Your Man Getting Stoned? Preventative Measures for Kidney Stones Ignored by Many Physicians.

A complete press kit including a 60 second out-take of Peter Neupert's interview and bios for both Rosemary Roberts and Tim Siglin is available at: http://www.thepatientsvoice.com/presskit.htm

About The Patient's Voice

The Patients Voice, an early venture by the new creative services firm GirlOnPoint, has received critical and popular acclaim for its independent and balanced reporting of today's medical landscape. Founded by Rosemary Roberts, a writer with an extensive medical and sales background, GirlOnPoint provides custom medical and business content for education, advertising and marketing efforts. Following the success of GirlOnPoint's launch of The Patients Voice, in conjunction with Transitions, Inc. -- a technology and business development firm specializing in digital media and high-technology startups - GirlOnPoint is poised to provide additional services augmenting The Patients Voice, including newsletters, speaking engagements and a potential Spanish-language version of the show.

All content on ThePatientsVoice.com is ©2004 GirlOnPoint.

For more information, contact:

Rosemary Roberts

(916) 652-5309

rosemary@girlonpoint.com ,              

http://www.girlonpoint.com