Supporting our Families: First-hand report on Canadian pharmacy success
My wife Lisa and I are blessed to have her mother, Sue, live just a stone’s throw away from us. We share dog sitting responsibilities, and can have meals together as a family on a regular basis. Not to mention the fact that she can do some mean bathroom tile work.
Lisa and I are also blessed to just have Sue around- she’s a cancer survivor. The other day while Sue and I were chatting, we started talking about the medications she has to take, “You know that new program where you can get prescriptions from Canada? I just switched mine over, and I’m going to save a ton of money…”
Later over e-mail, I asked Sue to give me a run down of just how the new Canadian importation program is benefitting her. Her reply:
I found the process took around 2 1/2 wks. I filled out the forms they have on their site and mailed them with my prescription via Global Priority.
Before they mailed them to me, they contacted me via telephone to welcome me and to express their willingness to help if there were any problems. They told me that my drugs would be mailed Monday - US holiday - via Express Mail and I would receive them in 7 to 10 days. The pills arrived that Friday - signature required.
I am taking “Femara” to help keep away reoccurring breast cancer. The cost of Femara with no insurance or deduction from the school plan is $280 for 30 pills - one pill a day - that comes to $9.33 a day. The Canadian drug company sells me 90 pills for $469.68 - that comes to $5.22 a day. Your first shipment from this company is on them, no shipping charges, I believe the normal shipping comes to $12 something.
The way the Canadian company makes it legal for them is that they have a Canadian doctor rewrite my prescription. With the pills, in original packaging, they sent all the legal paper on reactions to the drug. I am to call them when I open the last box so that they can refill in time. The woman on the phone said they are hoping to put into place a calling system to remind customers to refill. I am totally happy with this system [emphasis mine.]
For news on the program’s successful first month, check out this article from the Las Vegas Sun: Nevadans turning to Canada for drugs. The question now… what’s next? What can we do to keep these successes rolling, and continue to support our parents and our families with affordable prescription drug options?
May 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
[…] The reduced prices available through the program are remarkable. I encourage you to read about my mother-in-law’s experience with the program. […]