RE: Online Purchases from Foreign Pharmacies - Buyer Beware!

[Guest guest]

hi..

my husband works in an environment that is controlled by health

Canada…yet his company is American…trust me that the Canadian health

guidelines have stricter policies for contaminants in drugs….

as much as this is a rather sad situation be grateful that the process

is being halted somewhere in production of these drugs for there really

must be some contaminant involved for them not to reach their

productivity level...

as a matter of fact our government is now trying to restrict the sale of

the drugs to the Americans because they now realize there is money to be

made…so the rules will be changing quite quickly….

I don’t know the fda guidelines or if they can or cannot protect you

but health Canada can by their guidelines set out….and I know how much

drugs get thrown down the sewer at my husbands plant simply from

contamination and not following the guidelines…so before we make this a

cross border issue….make it an issue where people are attaining the meds

they need at a price far lower than my American neighbours…

see up here in canada we have drugs according to income…..if you make

50,000 a year you pay the first 1300.00 before all drugs are paid for

free…..and your employer usually pays 80-100% of that deductible….

but the premise is to try get the drugs to the people that need them and

hope the makers of enbrel and remicade quit playing around with people’s

lives and get their productivity issues settled down…

thanks

just sharing thoughts……not borders as disease no knows no borders…

sincerely

sam

[ ] Online Purchases from Foreign Pharmacies - Buyer

Beware!

Yes, Sam, many US residents are ordering prescriptions online from

foreign countries, including Canada.

The company I saw mentioned in the ABC report was

http://www.canadianmedsusa.com, but there are many others. Here is a

listing of a good number of online pharmacies in the US and abroad:

http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Health/Pharmacy/Online_Pharmaci

es/

Unfortunately, the FDA warns that " technically the practice violates

federal laws. " In reality, although online prescription purchases from

foreign countries is not exactly legal, at this time, the FDA does not

intend to track down and prosecute people who buy their drugs in this

fashion.

One huge caution to US residents contemplating this: if you do buy

online from a foreign source, the FDA cannot protect you. There is no

FDA guarantee that the drug is what you think it is or that it is safe.

If you get ripped off, you can't really going crying to Uncle Sam about

it. So, buyer beware!

ABC article:

http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/dailynews/canadian_rxdrugs020308

..html

FDA Tips and Warnings for Consumers about online drug purchases:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/tips_warnings.html

[ ] enbrel remicade

hi

one idea

try the Canadian pharmacy that was shown on abc news to get your Rx

filled. http://www.rxnorth.com/

this is all over the news now as the Americans are saving so much money

buy from the Canadian drugstores..try getting your enbrel and remicade

filled there...

I have not used the pharmacy as I live in the town where all this

controversial situation is happening so my access is not needed via the

internet.but the Americans are spending between 10 and 12 million a

month for cheaper drugs of the same brand name.

just a share.

regards

sam

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome, Sam!

Please don't misunderstand my cautions to the group, most of whom are US

residents. I am not trying to imply that Canadian standards are inferior

to those in the US, I am merely trying to warn people that buying meds

through the mail or over the Internet, especially from foreign

countries, has risk. Because of the distance and method people will have

a harder time knowing whether their supplier is on the up and up. Not

only that, if there is a problem, since it is not quite legal to buy

drugs this way, the victim will have little recourse. The US government

can't easily help if fraud is committed abroad.

So, I do wholeheartedly agree that people who need drugs should be able

to get them and obtain them at a reasonable price. Unfortunately, there

are unscrupulous people out there waiting to pounce, both here and

abroad. I'm not saying that people shouldn't choose shop with foreign

dealers, rather just be very careful if they do. Know your supplier as

best you can!

There are creeps in the US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, ... everywhere.

It's a sad state of affairs. Enbrel and Remicade are quite expensive, so

I would hate to see anyone cheated out of a large sum of money or

receive a drug that was not genuine and, worse yet, use it if it is not

safe.

I don't think there is any problem with the Remicade supply, but the

Enbrel situation is quite disturbing. I really think it is poor planning

and management more than anything else. Demand has outstripped supply,

it is very difficult to manufacture, and the FDA has constructed so many

barriers to get through that it is nearly impossible to build additional

production facilities quickly enough to ease the shortage. The

enrollment program that Immunex has designed seems to have a few flaws

as well.

Thanks so much for your input, Sam. True, these diseases have no

borders. Sorry we have such a sad thing in common, but your kind

thoughts are a very positive thing to share.

RE: [ ] Online Purchases from Foreign Pharmacies -

Buyer Beware!

hi..

my husband works in an environment that is controlled by health

Canada.yet his company is American.trust me that the Canadian health

guidelines have stricter policies for contaminants in drugs..

as much as this is a rather sad situation be grateful that the process

is being halted somewhere in production of these drugs for there really

must be some contaminant involved for them not to reach their

productivity level...

as a matter of fact our government is now trying to restrict the sale of

the drugs to the Americans because they now realize there is money to be

made.so the rules will be changing quite quickly..

I don't know the fda guidelines or if they can or cannot protect you

but health Canada can by their guidelines set out..and I know how much

drugs get thrown down the sewer at my husbands plant simply from

contamination and not following the guidelines.so before we make this a

cross border issue..make it an issue where people are attaining the meds

they need at a price far lower than my American neighbours.

see up here in canada we have drugs according to income...if you make

50,000 a year you pay the first 1300.00 before all drugs are paid for

free...and your employer usually pays 80-100% of that deductible..

but the premise is to try get the drugs to the people that need them and

hope the makers of enbrel and remicade quit playing around with people's

lives and get their productivity issues settled down.

thanks

just sharing thoughts..not borders as disease no knows no borders.

sincerely

sam