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Post by naughtybear on Feb 15, 2017 13:42:57 GMT -5
Is this legal? Does anyone here use them and been satisfied.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Feb 15, 2017 13:47:47 GMT -5
I don't buy from an online pharmacy, but my SIL (who is a Canadian physician) rewrites one of my prescriptions (gratis) and I buy a year's supply in Canada when we go across the border. I pay about half of what I'd pay in the US because this is not covered by my plan at all.
If she didn't rewrite my prescription, I'm not sure if it would be worth the hassle. So it largely depends upon what the difference is as to whether it is worth it or not.
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Post by naughtybear on Feb 15, 2017 13:51:09 GMT -5
Well I don't have that option. Anyone here buy their drugs from an online Canadian pharmacy?
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Post by giramomma on Feb 15, 2017 14:51:10 GMT -5
My ILs did, for a long time. They stopped for some reason..and found switching their script to Costco was the cheapest in town.
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Post by naughtybear on Feb 18, 2017 11:37:05 GMT -5
Damn jen that is exactly the drug that led me to ask the question !! Thanks for the info !!
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Post by busymom on Feb 18, 2017 19:58:49 GMT -5
My Dad passed away over 10 years ago, but he used to order his meds from Canada. He was satisfied that they were the same quality that he used to purchase from his local pharmacy, and he saved a LOT of money. Don't know how the system works now, but jenpen's advice sounds good to me.  |
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Feb 19, 2017 0:22:54 GMT -5
Sis and I did it for Mom's Akzheimer meds. It's been a number of years now, but we saved a LOT of money for the identical drugs.
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Post by jenpen on Feb 19, 2017 22:11:35 GMT -5
naughtybear, have you considered generic? Or priced it?
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 20, 2017 6:14:08 GMT -5
Or Costco? You don't have to be a member to buy drugs there.
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Post by naughtybear on Feb 20, 2017 8:03:47 GMT -5
I get all the RX I need at various prices and it's not a problem. It's just something I came across and had some questions.
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Post by jenpen on Feb 20, 2017 22:56:51 GMT -5
Oh, well good. I only asked because I was wondering if you wanted the brand name Wellbutrin because of the problems with the generic when it first came out. I had a horrible experience with that, but am now taking generic, but only from certain manufacturers.
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Post by naughtybear on Feb 21, 2017 10:41:29 GMT -5
I do think the generic is giving me grief, but there is not much I can as the brand is 5000 for 90 pills here  that's why I was like oh heck yeah I would like 90 brand for 200.00 I even went back over the last few yrs of what brand generic I was taking and if I could remember feeling better. What generic do you prefer? |
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Post by jenpen on Feb 21, 2017 19:09:53 GMT -5
Anchen or Par Pharmaceutical -- these are now the same company, actually. Walgreens recently ran out of Par. Apparently there's a nationwide shortage?  They switched to another manufacturer, and when I saw the tablets, I took them back and called around till I found another pharmacy who still had Par in stock. |
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Post by naughtybear on Feb 21, 2017 20:51:03 GMT -5
Ok, I switched to Walmart (just closer to me) last year so I am on my 3rd 90 day supply and it was on this one that I was like this is not going well, huge weight gain, and depression. So I called to see what generic Walmart fills and what I was getting at walgreens. I have it written down somewhere, i'll go find my paper.
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