shortenings/abbreviations

[Ismar]

i shall try to make a thread in a few days.  k?

Hi Charon! I was browsing the internet and came over these:

BM = Bricks and mortar pharmacy. i.e. one that has a physical store somewhere where you can order in person.

BI = Blatantly illegal (NB this is a slang term and not necessarily actually true. It depends where you live in the world and whether you have a prescription)

Bump = A post on a forum topic made only to increase the visibility of that discussion thread by making it look active.

COD = Cash / charge on delivery

DB = Drugbuyers.com, an old site that was popular several years ago before it closed down. Beware of fake impersonator sites with similar names nowadays.

EMR = Electronic Medical Record

EMS = Express Mail Service

F2F = short for 'face-to-face' = Services where you see a doctor in person (the only legal way to get a prescription for controlled medicines in the US nowadays)

IOP = International online pharmacy

LE = Law enforcement

LEO = Law enforcement officer

LL = Love letter = a seizure letter from Customs.

MG = MoneyGram

MROP = Minimal records online pharmacy

NROP = No records online pharmacy. An online pharmacy which does not require a prescription to send out medicines. We list a lot of them on this site. (Note that if they dispense controlled substances without a prescription they are breaking US law, but nevertheless several continue to do so.)

OCS = Online consultation service (not much use for US customers since the 'Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008' came into force. That law made online 'prescriptions' invalid; only prescriptions given by a physician following a face-to-face consultation are now valid in the US.)

OP = Online Pharmacy, Online Physician, or Original Poster (the person that started the thread)

PDMP = Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

PR = This site, Pharmacy Reviewer

RHA = 'Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008'. A law that amended the 1970 Controlled Substances Act to clarify the legal position of online pharmacies (it basically prohibits any online pharmacy from selling controlled substances.)

ROP = Records required online pharmacy - An online pharmacy that requires medical records

Shill = a fake reviewer.

Spam = Junk sent in emails or posted on forums, typically to try to cheat money out of people.

SWIM = Someone who isn't me

SWIY = Someone who isn't you

SY = San Ysidro, CA (a town on the border with Mexico)

TS = Thread starter

WU = Western Union

Are these abbrevations right? Are these ones commonly used abbrevations in this forum? In that case maybe you can use these if you are to put up a Thread? =)