A question for the Canadians on this forum. Have you ever gone to the States for medical treatment ? Do you know any other Canadians who have done so.

It's PharmStore.com
https://www.pharmstore.com/

It's in Winnipeg, and it may be the only one in that Province. Most seem to be in British Columbia. For what it's worth, I am on the blood thinner, Xarelto, for blood clots that got into my lungs several years ago. They are gone now, but my Dr. wants me on the thinner.

The price in the United States last I checked was $370/month.
The PharmStore sells them in 90 day supplies at $21/month

Yes, you read that right. This is not a joke.

But not all drugs are so drastically different. I still buy Verapamil for blood pressure locally. It's not an expensive one.

Plan ahead. It takes a long time to get a prescription through to Canada by mail, and it can take three weeks to get the meds in your mailbox once they get the prescription and clear Customs. It's worth it though. I save over $4000 a year on that one drug. I save about the same on a steroid inhaler I use for asthma.

You can compare drug prices between Canadian outlets using the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA) website.

https://www.cipa.com/cipa-safe-pharmacies

But I'm so happy with PharmStore that I actually had to look up the name of this resource. I haven't used the CIPA website in years. Service and prices can vary greatly from one pharmacy to another and one screwed up and charged me twice for an order and never even responded to my complaint. I have never had a problem or complaint with PharmStore.
After two years I am off my steroid inhaler and glad to be done with that - nasty stuff. We saved well over a thousand dollars a month by going through Canada but it should not have to be that way. Our entire system is a mess and innocent people are caught up in it. Thanks for sharing your experience.
 

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