Before the U.S. had prescription insurance for social security people, we always bought my husband's scripts from Canada with no problem. There are several internet sites for Canadian pharmacies. Just google Canada pharmacies. At that time, the prices we about half what we would have paid in the U.S. We also had a local office that you could place your scripts. It is worth a try.
Patti -Wisconsin From: fr...@franksheldon.com [mailto:fr...@franksheldon.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:13 PM To: Jill Posner; fr...@franksheldon.com Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Medications >Can a US doctor prescribe a drug only available in Canada and the UK? How does one buy it then (if not able to go to Canada to purchase it) Can it be obtained over the internet or some other way? I really don't know. My neurologist in Portland (Maine) says that he writes Rx to patients who then go to a pharmacy in Canada. My pain MD has no other US patients. Sorry F
