Drugs from Canada?

[Murf2]

I’m sure this has to have been talked about. I searched on Tapatalk to no avail.

Are any of you regularly buying your prescriptions from a Canadian Pharmacy?

I’m feed up with the price of Eliquis. I have looked on

https://www.pharmacychecker.com/apixaban/5+mg/#prices
and was amazed at the price of Eliquis.

Any first hand experiences, good or bad would be welcome. This company or Canadian Pharmacies in general, things to look out for, etc.

Of course, links to all the threads I couldn’t find by searching are welcome too![emoji16]

Thanks everyone!
Murf

 

[Car-Guy]

I have in the past but not any longer. These days I'm leery of many on-line pharmacies since anyone can put up a website and claim anything. But that's me. So I stay with the well known big name pharmacies here in the US.

 

[USGrant1962]

I've used PharmStore.com out of Winnipeg with no problems. My GP recommended it. I was surprised that a lot of times the drugs shipped from UK.

 

[Sunset]

I've bought from them when in Canada at a physical store.

Key for online shopping is to actually get a real Canadian pharmacy website, and not a fake one pretending to be Canadian.

 

[tshaner]

I used Jublia for toenail fungus. My podiatrist set up a connection with a Canadian pharmacy that was legitimate, cheap and easy to work with. Without their prices I couldn’t justify paying American prices for the drug.

 

[aja8888]

A good friend of mine buys Jardiance from a Canadian pharmacy and gets three months supply for under $100 (it may be a bit more). The drug is sent to him from India by ship. He has spoken to the folks in India on a lost shipment and they sent him another three months free of charge. Eventually, the lost shipment showed up and he called them and they said keep it

Crazy stuff we Americans are faced with.

 

[1242Vintage]

Was up in B.C. last Summer for a week of gravel bike racing across the Rockies. Rough gravel logging and mining roads beat the hell out of my left knee and left Achilles.

Called into my provider in California and sadly got no where.

Went to Canadian urgent care, examined by a local doctor, got a diagnosis and prescription, and filled it at local pharmacy same day with no questions asked. Was super inexpensive too. $20 for a large tube of this magic prescription cream that reduced swelling and the squeaky noise in my Achilles.

When I need prescription meds again I know where I’m getting them … north of the border.

 

[Zathras]

There was a group of Moms in Minnesota that arranged a bus trip to Canada (they did this for at least a few years).
They did this to buy insulin for their kids. While I loved seeing this issue get more attention, I cry at how out of whack our medical costs have become.

 

[GhostofTomJoad]

I get low-dose Tadalafil and Advair and albuterol from an outfit in the Vancouver suburbs. (Richmond is the address posted on their website.) They are generally reliable.

There was a pain in the ass situation a while ago regarding an inhaler I will NOT buy from them again: So, of course I'm paying retail prices. And to get the best price, you must buy the maximum allowed. So, I told them to do that for me. OOPS. Problem. Your doctor prescribed only X amount... OK, phone the doctor, get him to change the prescription.

Then the pharmacist decided to be an *******. (And of course, you can't ever talk to them directly. And they might even be in England, for all I know, or even India.) and with all of the back-and-forth over the phone, the lovely, fabulous, moron phone agents could not even relay ACCURATELY to me what the druggist wanted. The main thing was: WHY has your doctor changed your prescription? (Go eat sand, you idiot.). I ended up with a US dollar check refund drawn on a Canadian credit union. Luckily, my own CU charges no foreign fees. (I should have just requested a CREDIT, instead.)

Yes, the phone agents are barely understandable with their East Indian attempts at the English language. Most times, it's not a big deal.

A more recent scuzzy development: they stopped accepting credit cards. Surely it is to avoid paying the 3% fee charged by Amex and Visa. So, the money must come straight out of my checking account, now. And they get INSTANTLY paid. Scumbags. And they have been adding sneaky price increases: instead of 90 pills, you only get 84, now. And the price is up. But they just sell it to me. This Canadian outfit does not manufacture and package the stuff.

A couple of years ago, I paid a not-bad fee for FREE lifetime shipping. So, I'm sticking with them, despite the crap. And yes, the stuff seems to always show a Royal Mail postmark, or else it's a German postmark. Some kinda very strange business model!!!! But they're all this way.

Here's a link. I don't know whether to recommend them or not. I might score them 5 stars out of 10.
https://www.canadadrugwarehouse.com/

I see WellCare is dropping my monthly to just .50 cents. And for the scripts my doctor writes for me which are the ridiculously expensive ones with WellCare "insurance," I end up getting samples from him anyhow, rather than to pay the CRIMINAL co-pay that WellCare thinks I should pay at the drugstore HERE. I get MOST of my stuff down the street, pretty cheaply or at zero-copay. I'm on a TON of different prescriptions.

 

[frank]

I buy advair from canadianpharmacystore.com. I have been doing this for 3 years. the people are either local to their town or american because they speak and can be understood with no problem. the price difference between them and the us is unbelievable. 100. a month here, 59.99 for three months there including shipping. great place to deal with and very reliable. the 100 a month is cheap for the us, when I started to buy it was around 300. a month. they do not take the money from the e-check I send them until the product is actually shipped, and that makes me feel more confident in their service.

 

[Sanstar]

Not for my meds, but I do use Canada Vet for Heartguard, Brevecta for our two pups. Not only is it cheaper, no required physical, blood test all racking up $$$. Our dogs are old and easily stressed.

If my meds were pricey, I’d trust Canada meds.

 

[Sunset]

I get low-dose Tadalafil and Advair and albuterol from an outfit in the Vancouver suburbs. (Richmond is the address posted on their website.) They are generally reliable.

.....
Then the pharmacist decided to be an *******. (And of course, you can't ever talk to them directly. And they might even be in England, for all I know, or even India.) and with all of the back-and-forth over the phone, the lovely, fabulous, moron phone agents could not even relay ACCURATELY to me what the druggist wanted. ......

Yes, the phone agents are barely understandable with their East Indian attempts at the English language. .....

........ This Canadian outfit does not manufacture and package the stuff.

...... the stuff seems to always show a Royal Mail postmark, or else it's a German postmark. .

....
https://www.canadadrugwarehouse.com/

.....

I think this is a fake Canadian pharmacy.

The Richmond address is a PO box not a real place.
They are just taking your orders and then shipping it from other Countries as seen by the postage markings.
If you are always only getting East Indians on the phone calls to the call center, then I think it's probably in India.
If they wanted to be somewhat legal, they could have a Canadian pharmacist approve the orders (even remotely).

 

[Ian S]

the people are either local to their town or american because they speak and can be understood with no problem.

The tell is how they pronounce "out" or "about."

 

[aja8888]

I think this is a fake Canadian pharmacy.

The Richmond address is a PO box not a real place.
They are just taking your orders and then shipping it from other Countries as seen by the postage markings.
If you are always only getting East Indians on the phone calls to the call center, then I think it's probably in India.
If they wanted to be somewhat legal, they could have a Canadian pharmacist approve the orders (even remotely).

See post #6 above. That's the game.

 

[Koolau]

A good friend of mine buys Jardiance from a Canadian pharmacy and gets three months supply for under $100 (it may be a bit more). The drug is sent to him from India by ship. He has spoken to the folks in India on a lost shipment and they sent him another three months free of charge. Eventually, the lost shipment showed up and he called them and they said keep it

Crazy stuff we Americans are faced with.

Do you mean he gets a "generic" of Jardiance that comes from India? I'm a bit leery of something like that, though don't have first hand experience. My understanding is that Jardiance is still a "brand name" drug with no apporved generics, but I've been wrong before so YMMV.

 

[youbet]

Do you mean he gets a "generic" of Jardiance that comes from India? I'm a bit leery of something like that, though don't have first hand experience. My understanding is that Jardiance is still a "brand name" drug with no apporved generics, but I've been wrong before so YMMV.

That's the issue I'm concerned with.

I take Xarelto which is expensive. I'd heard that there are Canadian pharmacies that source brand name, made in the USA, Xarelto and sell it much cheaper than USA retailers do. But when I've researched, all I've been able to find is Canadian pharmacies selling unauthorized generics of Xarelto manufactured and shipped from another country such as India.

That setup makes me nervous. I'd really love to save some money on this prescription but I really need to know that what I'm taking is exactly equivalent to USA manufactured, brand name Xarelto. Or, preferably, is brand name Xarelto sold and shipped to a Canadian retailer who sells it for less than USA retailers.

Anybody have any hints?

 

[Sunset]

That's the issue I'm concerned with.

I take Xarelto which is expensive. I'd heard that there are Canadian pharmacies that source brand name, made in the USA, Xarelto and sell it much cheaper than USA retailers do. But when I've researched, all I've been able to find is Canadian pharmacies selling unauthorized generics of Xarelto manufactured and shipped from another country such as India.

That setup makes me nervous. I'd really love to save some money on this prescription but I really need to know that what I'm taking is exactly equivalent to USA manufactured, brand name Xarelto. Or, preferably, is brand name Xarelto sold and shipped to a Canadian retailer who sells it for less than USA retailers.

Anybody have any hints?

Why don't you save 99% of the cost and buy directly from an Indian pharmacy ?

I really doubt the "Canadian pharmacies" are truly Legal Canadian pharmacies.

A truly Legal Canadian pharmacy will have a website ending in .ca

 

[single2019]

Drugs Manufactured in India

A couple of meds that I buy from CVS are manufactured in India. Found out by peeling off the pharmacist label. So now on my India trip I buy the same drugs at a deep discount

 

[aja8888]

Do you mean he gets a "generic" of Jardiance that comes from India? I'm a bit leery of something like that, though don't have first hand experience. My understanding is that Jardiance is still a "brand name" drug with no apporved generics, but I've been wrong before so YMMV.

It's supposed to be the real stuff. He says his A1C has dropped significantly since he started taking it.

 

[youbet]

Why don't you save 99% of the cost and buy directly from an Indian pharmacy ?

I really doubt the "Canadian pharmacies" are truly Legal Canadian pharmacies.

A truly Legal Canadian pharmacy will have a website ending in .ca

Interesting thought. But I don’t know an Indian pharmacy to contact.

 

[Koolau]

Yeah, this whole thing of "buying from Canada" seems to have some issues that I'd be leery of dealing with. Having said that, I have no experience, so don't really know. However, "branded" drugs may not yet have generics available. If not, I'd be especially leery picking up a on a "good deal" for these.

But I HAVE heard of USA branded drugs being sold to OUS pharmacies cheaper than to USA pharmacies (a quirk that the various OUS countries exploit - aka "sell to us cheaper or we'll 'break' your patent and make it ourselves.") How the "World" patent authorities allow this, I do not know, but apparently they do. YMMV

 

[frank]

That's the issue I'm concerned with.

I take Xarelto which is expensive. I'd heard that there are Canadian pharmacies that source brand name, made in the USA, Xarelto and sell it much cheaper than USA retailers do. But when I've researched, all I've been able to find is Canadian pharmacies selling unauthorized generics of Xarelto manufactured and shipped from another country such as India.

That setup makes me nervous. I'd really love to save some money on this prescription but I really need to know that what I'm taking is exactly equivalent to USA manufactured, brand name Xarelto. Or, preferably, is brand name Xarelto sold and shipped to a Canadian retailer who sells it for less than USA retailers.

Anybody have any hints?

I use canadianpharmacystore.com and when I call and talk to them they are knowledgeable and no foreign accent. as I have said I get my wife's advair from them. the canadian brand name for advair is seretide, they also sell the generic, its cheaper. the first time we purchased it my wife took one of the inhalers with her when she went to see her doctor and he told her it was the same drug with a different name for a different country. it was even made by glaxo smith kline.

 

[Zathras]

Pharmaceutical companies have lobbied for ‘extensions’ of their patents.
As an example, while a drug is under patent, if a new use is found for the drug, the patent gets reset for all purposes of the drug.

The busload of Minnesota moms, as I recall, simply bought the name brand in Canada. This was much more affordable and allowed many Diabetics to take their prescribed doses rather than trying to ration.

 

[StephenW]

Interesting thread. I was complaining to my cardiologist about my Eliquis donut- hole copays, hoping he would take me off Eliquis, but with my age, weight and recent successful heart ablation, he wants me to stay on it.

He told me to check out drugmartdirect.com, a Canadian pharmacy that he has recommended for years and it turns out my wife's cardiologist, pulmonary specialist, GP and vein Dr also recommended this company, and none have has any negative feedback from their patients.

Super easy to deal with, register, fill out a few online forms including medical history, get a patient ID# and have Dr, fax or email prescription to them with that patient ID on it. Good website with email updates. We travel a lot in our motorhome and one of the real benefits is that we can refill weeks before we need it, no insurance company refill time-limit restrictions to worry about.

My Eliquis (Apixiban is the generic) takes about 10-14 days to arrive and it is less than $100/90 days. My donut-hole copay with United Healthcare Part D supplement would be $540/90 days. Copay with UNHC when not in the donut-hole is $135/90 days. My strategy is to use the Candian company for Apixiban and that will keep me completely out of the donut-hole all year for the rest of my prescriptions. Pills match exactly to Eliquis. BTW, my neighbors had been using the company for years, but never mentioned it to me. So far, so good.