OT: Canadian pharmacies

[coastratdog]

Anyone have any experience getting drugs from here? It's ok u can admit here on ED!

[spiritual_machine2005]

I never have, but saw a story on 60 Minutes. I'd stay away.

[1bigdawg]

I have used http://rxcustomerservices.com/ with good success for a number of things. Delivery is slow as I believe the drugs come from India. But everything worked just as well as American pharmaceuticals at much better prices.

[FlabLoser]

I have. Checked the brand name with an Indian buddy. Was one if the biggest Indian pharma companies. It's worked out.

[starkvegasdawg]

I have. Checked the brand name with an Indian buddy. Was one if the biggest Indian pharma companies. It's worked out.

One of the side effects is you have to take a technical support job with Dell.

[Bucky Dog]

First off, it's illegal. Second, they will say it's Viagra, or Crestor or whatever but as one said they are knockoff generics from India not regulated by the FDA. Stay away from it!

[notsofarawaydawg]

Someone sold my cell number to the Canadian Pharmacy marketing group and they call me relentlessly. Have never even visited their website so some jackass had to sell my number to them. It gets ugly sometimes but since I keep a whistle on the table by my chair it has cut down on the frequency of the calls. That damn thing has to hurt their ears if they wear a headset.

[FlabLoser]

Someone sold my cell number to the Canadian Pharmacy marketing group and they call me relentlessly. Have never even visited their website so some jackass had to sell my number to them. It gets ugly sometimes but since I keep a whistle on the table by my chair it has cut down on the frequency of the calls. That damn thing has to hurt their ears if they wear a headset.

Cell phone telemarketing has blown up this year.

If you have an iPhone, check out the TruCaller app. It creates a phone book contact called "Spam" or something. It files a lot of known telemarketing numbers under that one contact called "Spam" and blocks all of them. You can also report telemarketing callerIDs to TruCaller and it will block that number on your phone submit it as possible spam.

There are also android apps for handling telemarketers.

You can also file a complaint with the FCC each time a telemarketer calls you. The FCC will not respond to you individually, but they collect complaints and figure out who to go after.
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=39744

[1bigdawg]

Before I ordered from the "Canadian" pharmacy I linked above, I spoke with my physician. He said never to buy from the Chinese because you did not get what you paid for and the fillers were sometimes dangerous. On the other hand, he said that the Indians make many of the drugs that are sold in the US and that their reputation was good. I have purchased a few different things through the pharmacy listed above. It was all done online and they have never called me.

[CadaverDawg]

Before I ordered from the "Canadian" pharmacy I linked above, I spoke with my physician. He said never to buy from the Chinese because you did not get what you paid for and the fillers were sometimes dangerous. On the other hand, he said that the Indians make many of the drugs that are sold in the US and that their reputation was good. I have purchased a few different things through the pharmacy listed above. It was all done online and they have never called me.

They had a Dateline on these pharmacies a few weeks ago. They aren't safe. Not even the Indian ones. Some of their meds can even say a name like "Pfizer" on them and still be fake. They have found ways of stamping the pills and prescription bottles to falsify manufacturer. Some of them use extremely harmful additives as replacements for ingredients that are more expensive. Stay away from them man. Look up the Dateline on pharmacies, and you'll never order from them again. Scary stuff...it could kill you.

[Bullmutt]

It would be very wise to stay away from foreign providers for any chronic "life-saving" agents (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetic, etc.). Most do not assay for potency on all (if any) lots which they produce, and the 20 mg Lipitor wannabe you buy from them may well not even have the potency of a branded 5 mg tab (This can also be true of some domestic generics; they are not required to submit assay test data to the FDA). If it's Viagra, it's not a critical issue, but if it's a med used to treat a life- threatening illness or condition, it could very important.

[TaleofTwoDogs]

I've tried both generic and branded. Both from India. The generic had some potency, but the branded was definitely a placebo and a waste of money. Definitely a crap shoot. The pharmaceutical lobby is to powerful for any meaningful reform. I began purchasing human insulin in 2011 without any insurance and it was $99, today that exact medicine cost $296 without insurance. WTF.

[RIdog]

I began purchasing human insulin in 2011 without any insurance and it was $99, today that exact medicine cost $296 without insurance. WTF.


Welcome to Affordable Care . :)

[Bucky Dog]

I've tried both generic and branded. Both from India. The generic had some potency, but the branded was definitely a placebo and a waste of money. Definitely a crap shoot. The pharmaceutical lobby is to powerful for any meaningful reform. I began purchasing human insulin in 2011 without any insurance and it was $99, today that exact medicine cost $296 without insurance. WTF.

It's not the pharmaceutical industry, but rather Obama care, and the insurance companies who are making the money. It now costs 1.2 Billion dollars to bring each branded drug to market. It is not a not for profit industry. I can tell you that generics only have to be within 80% of original formulation and you will not be getting the same as branded. As someone said, for life treating disease such as diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, blood thinners, thyroid Ned's, etc, get the branded. If it's allergy or antibiotics and such, generics are fine.

Do NOT get the Canadian or Mexican drugs regardless of what they are for. They are not regulated by FDA and can kill you!

[SheltonChoked]

Hate to tell you Bucky that most of the drugs made today are from India. Lawsuits and the much lower cost to manufacture have forced the move.

Sad and kind of gross that our meds are made in a country where 90% of the population practices open defication.

[hacker]

They had a Dateline on these pharmacies a few weeks ago. They aren't safe. Not even the Indian ones. Some of their meds can even say a name like "Pfizer" on them and still be fake. They have found ways of stamping the pills and prescription bottles to falsify manufacturer. Some of them use extremely harmful additives as replacements for ingredients that are more expensive. Stay away from them man. Look up the Dateline on pharmacies, and you'll never order from them again. Scary stuff...it could kill you.

The main reason that they make "Pfizer" ripoffs is so that they can sell them legitimately in America without anyone knowing. It's said that a pretty substantial percentage of pharmaceuticals over here are counterfeit, something like 3-5% of all pills we take. Most of the time, the counterfeit pills are almost identical to what they're ripping off. They want to be inconspicuous about it. These counterfeits don't just come from India either.

[Bullmutt]

Had the branded been a "placebo", it would have never made it to market. One thing the FDA is very serious about is assay testing- lot by lot.

ETA: in response to totd.

[Bullmutt]

Hate to tell you Bucky that most of the drugs made today are from India. Lawsuits and the much lower cost to manufacture have forced the move.

Sad and kind of gross that our meds are made in a country where 90% of the population practices open defication.

Amend that from "most" to "many" and you have a case.

[the59dawg]

I have. Checked the brand name with an Indian buddy. Was one if the biggest Indian pharma companies. It's worked out.

Several Indian pharma companies have been banned from importing ANY drug entities to the USA. Several scandals associated with faked testing and falsifying results. The biggest company Ranbaxy: U.S. Food and Drug Administration today notified Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd., that it is prohibited from manufacturing and distributing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from its facility in Toansa, India, for FDA-regulated drug products. The Toansa facility is now subject to certain terms of a consent decree of permanent injunction entered against Ranbaxy in January 2012.

Under the decree, the FDA has issued an order prohibiting Ranbaxy from:
? distributing in the United States drugs manufactured using API from Toansa, including drugs made by Ranbaxy?s Ohm Laboratories facility in New Jersey;
? manufacturing API at its Toansa facility for FDA-regulated drug products;
? exporting API from Toansa to the United States for any purpose; and
? providing API from Toansa to other companies, including other Ranbaxy facilities, making products for American consumers. API = raw material for the active ingredient in the drug.

You shouldn't be able to buy banned products so some companies should be ok. But, beware!!!.The culture over there seems to include cheating in testing of drugs.