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hoodrat Veteran user Southern California 388 Posts |
Does anybody have any experience or knowledge about the many online pharmacies that are out there? I was looking at one supposedly located in Canada. Are online pharmacies a safe source to get perscription drugs? Or do they sell fakes? I'm assuming that online pharmacies are NOT regulated by any governmental or medical agency, right? I am only asking because I might have to go on a certain perscription drug (Flagyl) that is rather expensive here in the States. The Canadian online pharmacy that I saw seemed much cheaper.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
No, they are not safe. I use to work with customs and many people buy illegal drugs on line, prescription stuff w/out prescription, and they will get stopped at the border and destroyed and you could have a visit from the police. Many often sell counterfeits. You are close to the border, check out legit Mexican pharmacies.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
I don't want to start a flame war, but I suspect that MagicSanta's experience is out of date. The industry has changed a lot in the last couple of years.
Apparently there are several hundred legitimate mail order pharmacies operating in Canada, and it is a billion dollar business at the very least. I don't think very many if any at all are selling counterfeits. And members of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association won't ship prescription drugs without first receiving legitimate prescriptions. There is some good information at this link, including a summary of US Law and Foreign Pharmacies: http://www.healthpricer.com/aboutPharmaceuticals/cipa.jsp Your bigger concern would be the scam artists based in America posing as Canadian pharmacies, that DO sell counterfeit drugs. See these links: http://ezinearticles.com/?Canadian-Onlin......d=144201 http://www.informationweek.com/story/sho......64303029 But all this is moot. If you live close to Mexico and they have trustworthy pharmacies that will fill your prescription, why not go there in person like Santa said?
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
My comments are for those companies that offer to sell xanex (sp?), vicoden, valiums, etc.. I had a woman tell me about her dentist etc in Mexico and she paid a quarter what I did for the same dental work and she had no problem.
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Bertrand Thornley Loyal user Tampa, FL 278 Posts |
My comments are for those companies that offer to sell xanex (sp?), vicoden, valiums, etc..
What else would you want from a pharmacy?
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hoodrat Veteran user Southern California 388 Posts |
I checked out some other online pharmacies. Some require an actual doctor's written prescription while others don't. It would seem to me that the pharmacies that don't require a legit prescription would be doing something illegal by dispensing drugs. How can these pharmacies stay in business if they do NOT require an actual, legitimate doctor's prescription or some other verification that the drugs are actually needed by the patient? Isn't somebody checking up on them? This seems crazy. It is sort of like selling illegal firearms perhaps.
The comment to go to Mexico might be worth checking out since I live here in San Diego. |
balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On 2008-01-10 04:15, hoodrat wrote: Just to be clear, this is not a Canadian-specific issue. In the U.S., the definition of what constitutes a valid prescription varies from State to State. The FDA leaves it to individual states to decide what is a valid prescription. In some States, an on-line questionnaire apparently is enough to satisfy the requirement. In the U.S., the "NABP's Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites program, also known as VIPPS, is a voluntary program that verifies the legitimacy of Internet sites dispensing prescription drugs and gives a seal of approval to sites that apply and meet state licensure requirements and other VIPPS criteria." Source for the above: http://arthritis.about.com/od/assistived......ts_2.htm In Canada (as I noted earlier), the Canadian International Pharmacy Association won't ship prescription drugs without first receiving legitimate prescriptions. So I guess to be safe, you want to deal with pharmacies that are approved by one or the other.
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