Guest guest Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hi again, I have ordered medicines from Canada for years. Most Canadian mail-order pharmacies have their own doctor, who has prescribing privileges in Canada, which your American doctor does not. The Canadian doctor needs your medical history and the prescription from your doctor. Most mail-order pharmacies have a new-customer sign-up form that says what medical info is needed. Those will also tell you what payment forms they take - credit or debit cards are best; checks, almost always no, and they may wait until it has cleared before they ship your order. And don't mail money, unless it's a trackable way like certified (return receipt), FedEx, etc. They cannot fill prescriptions for controlled substances - prescription painkillers, benzodiazepenes (e.g. Xanax), androgens (e.g. testosterone). The basic rule of thumb is, if your pharmacy requires a written prescription, it's a controlled substance. Non-controlled substances prescriptions can be phoned or faxed in. Insurance companies will not cover drugs from Canada. And there is a very slight chance that it may be intercepted by the feds, since it is unclear at this time whether this is strictly legal. The FDA says no (Canadian drugs often have different packaging, which does not have the FDA-required language for patient insert, label and packaging [i used to work for a biopharmaceutical drug company, and had to learn all this stuff]); but in most cases the drug inside is the same, made on the same assembly line as the American drug. And if not, the Canadian version of the FDA is about as strict as the American, so the drugs are safe and effective. The patient's rights groups say yes, as it is up to the patient and his/her doctor to determine treatment and not the FDA. Not incidentally, if the FDA position is fully adopted, there will not be any compounded medications available. That means no bio-identical hormone treatment, no Amphotericin nasal spray (repeated sinus infections are frequently both bacterial and fungal (over 80% of those with 5+ infections) - if yours doesn't clear with just antibiotics, ask your doc for an antifungal also. This has been in the med literature for years, or decades even, but is not taught at med school and there are no drugs approved for treating fungal sinus infections, so a pharma rep can't talk about it, or even pass out a published medical study that says anything about it [thank you, big brother FDA]). I was getting an injectable drug from Canada. In that case, it could vary in how it was packaged. American versions were 1 mL vials with a rubber septum; from Canada I got both 1 and 2 mL glass vials (break at the scored line), and 10 mL and 30 mL bottles with a septum. It was the same stuff, just packaged differently. Obviously, with a glass vial, you can't use it more than once. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 They're online though Angie. I think most are legitimate but we who live in the US don't *know* because there are also fake ones that pose as pharmacies and one loses their money or, gets some drug that isn't what was ordered. Technically we're(in the USA) not supposed to order prescriptions from Canada. But since the prices are lower, many older Americans do so. The only difficulty is how does one know which ones are legitimate? Do you know by any chance, how we can be sure? I have Medicare myself, but it doesn't cover all prescriptions. Thank you Angie. Re: Canadian Pharmacies? Well I live in Canada and obviously get all of my drugs from Canadian Pharmacies and in my 37 years have yet to have a problem with or a bad experience because of the pharmacy staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Let me ask my father if he remembers where he used to order my step-mothers expensive cancer medication from in Canada.... IT was a legit place...not the least expensive out there---BUT, it was a legitimate site and much less expensive than here.... If you can't CALL them--that indicates a problem....some of these sites have no phone number--everything is done on-line. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 My father used NorthWestPharmacy.com and also info@... is another site you can write to...as I had conversation with them at one point--and they are indeed, legit. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 My father used NorthWestPharmacy.com and also info@... is another site you can write to...as I had conversation with them at one point--and they are indeed, legit. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 My thoughts exactly, how do you find a legitimate Canadian pharmacy?? P.J. > > They're online though Angie. I think most are legitimate but we who live in the US don't *know* because there are also fake ones that pose as pharmacies and one loses their money or, gets some drug that isn't what was ordered. > > Technically we're(in the USA) not supposed to order prescriptions from Canada. > But since the prices are lower, many older Americans do so. > The only difficulty is how does one know which ones are legitimate? > Do you know by any chance, how we can be sure? > I have Medicare myself, but it doesn't cover all prescriptions. > Thank you Angie. > > > Re: Canadian Pharmacies? > > Well I live in Canada and obviously get all of my drugs from Canadian Pharmacies and in my 37 years have yet to have a problem with or a bad experience because of the pharmacy staff. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 My thoughts exactly, how do you find a legitimate Canadian pharmacy?? P.J. > > They're online though Angie. I think most are legitimate but we who live in the US don't *know* because there are also fake ones that pose as pharmacies and one loses their money or, gets some drug that isn't what was ordered. > > Technically we're(in the USA) not supposed to order prescriptions from Canada. > But since the prices are lower, many older Americans do so. > The only difficulty is how does one know which ones are legitimate? > Do you know by any chance, how we can be sure? > I have Medicare myself, but it doesn't cover all prescriptions. > Thank you Angie. > > > Re: Canadian Pharmacies? > > Well I live in Canada and obviously get all of my drugs from Canadian Pharmacies and in my 37 years have yet to have a problem with or a bad experience because of the pharmacy staff. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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