sogwap wrote:Gt1956 wrote:My daughter was unisured & her meds were expensive. At the time there was a lot of talk in the USA about buying meds in Canada & Mexico. I spent some time searching the internet to learn how to buy mail order from Canada. I could drive there but its basically a days drive each way.
I learned that in Canada the pharmacies are regulated by the provinces rather than the national goverment. I found that the province of Bristish Columbia had identified mail order drugs as a way to stimulate their economy. I searched & found that several pharmacies that are located in the Vancouver area.
They do require you to either send or email a copy of your prescription to them. The USA financial system has a ban on using credit cards for meds from Canada. I had to send them a voided check from my account. They then billed my account like it was an electronic check.
Meds are shipped to you thru a third country. I think Mauritius is the most frequent source. Somehow as I remember. Some of the shipments had Swiss postage on them. Never understood why. I got every shipment, but it does take 2-3 weeks as I remember. When doing your research. I suggest ignoring any pharmacy thay aren't in the Vancouver area. Google the towns name to be certain.
Most of the so-called "Canadian Pharmacy" websites. Have nothing to do with Canada.
The ones I saw that are actually based here in Canada are just as expensive as local pharmacies in the US or Canada.
They are trying to fool you into thinking they have the same drugs at a much lower cost.
Sorry, I checked USA prices. At the time the drugs that I bought were not available in the US as generics. Once generics became available here. The pricing picture did change. A lot on some of them. At the time, my daughters anti depression meds were costing me $600 to $650 a month.
I had to mail them papers at a Canadian address. Google search showed their building. I talked to a woman there that had the correct accent. I still have some meds that are individually sealed in the correct manufacturers packet.
I went to great lenghts to insure that I was getting the correct meds for her. The risk of getting the wrong ones or ineffective ones were to severe to not do that reaearch.
I would do it again in half a heartbeat.