You can protect yourself and your loved ones by being careful when shopping for medicines online. While some pharmacy websites operate legitimately and provide convenience, privacy, cost savings and safeguards for buying medicines, not every website adheres to the same rules. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerts that there are plenty of hazardous online pharmacies that purport to sell prescription drugs at highly discounted prices, often without requiring a prescription. These internet-based pharmacies often sell unapproved, counterfeit or other…