Similar to restaurants’ Facebook pages that allow customers to order and have a meal delivered to the house, patients in Egypt can now buy medicines through social networking sites, instead of taking the usual route of visiting a doctor and obtaining medicines by legitimate means. While pages specialized in the sale of medicines are spread in Egypt through social media platforms, especially the items that are in high demand, the Pharmacists Syndicate warns of the dangers of circulating these medicines of unknown origin. The Syndicate's warning indicates that "the original is to be sold only inside licensed pharmacies, which are subject to inspection and control by the competent authorities, to ensure its safety and to ensure the health of citizens." However, other methods of drug circulation present themselves as a cheaper alternative, and they have found a place for themselves in the drug market despite their disastrous results. The shortage of some important drug items for patients in Egypt is the loophole through which anonymous drugs that are marketed through social media platforms that are not subject to any oversight measures infiltrate. Under the pressure of need, these medicines reach the citizens' bodies, even though they may be adulterated or expired. In this context, the Pharmacists Syndicate has warned the pharmaceutical companies' failure to execute expired medicines, and that they are procrastinating in recovering these medicines in order to avoid losses. The head of the Medicines Division of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Ali Auf, told "Sky News Arabia", "The problem of the pages spread on social media is the exploitation of some people's obsession with slimming products, therapeutic nutrition drugs, and the marketing of unknown products that may cause disasters for those who use them." According to the Syndicate of Pharmacists, the volume of drug trade of unknown origin in Egypt is estimated at about 3 billion pounds, or 5 percent of the volume of drug trade in general, which threatens to exacerbate the health risks that surround citizens.