An update and obtaining prescriptions from Canada

suzieq · Post by **suzieq** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:42 am

Hi all, it's been a while. I've been doing okay. I eat a very boring diet. I've tried to add some dairy in here and there, it wasn't a good idea. My GI Dr figures I will have a flare every 6 months or so, he wasn't that encouraging. He told me that my CC will never go away and with my visits to him in the last 2 years, it seems every 6 months I get a flare. It's been almost 3 months since the quick tapering of Entocort that he had me do. All I can say is I'm holding my own.

My daughter has very bad health coverage through Obamacare. She has a $7,000 deductible before they will pay for her prescriptions. She takes generic Lexapro and can't afford the $100 + each month for her prescription. I suggested that she try to get it from Canada, it would be cheaper. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing that? I would really appreciate it. I've helped her monetarily a lot lately, I can't take this prescription on as well, so I really would appreciate any information on how to obtain prescriptions from Canada.

Thanks in advance,
Susanne

Martha · Post by **Martha** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:21 pm

Back in 2010, I ordered Entocort from North Drugstore in Canada. I just looked on line to find something. I can't remember if they required a prescription; I kind of think I faxed it to them, or emailed it. I can't really remember. The cost was not as low as ordering from India, but I hadn't found this forum yet then, so I didn't know you could get Entocort from India.

I knew about ordering from Canada because my doctor had suggested it back when I was taking Fosamax for osteoporosis.

Others with more recent experience may weigh in the other pharmacies in Canada. I was satisfied with North Drugstore.

Martha

suzieq · Post by **suzieq** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:41 pm

Martha, thanks so much for the information, it is greatly appreciated.

Susanne

Post by **tex** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:55 pm

Unfortunately, the Indian pharmacy doesn't show a generic substitute available for Lexapro. If they had it, the cost would be about 29 % lower. Canadian pharmacies buy many of their generic products from India and then mark them up 40 %.

Prescriptions written by U. S. doctors are invalid across international borders, so the Indian pharmacy doesn't require a prescription. The Canadian pharmacies do require a prescription, presumably a feel-good gesture for U. S. regulators.

Tex

suzieq · Post by **suzieq** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:14 pm

Thanks, Tex. My daughter will be getting a new prescription shortly and will try to get in fill in Canada.

We hope that the US works out the healthcare and fixes Obamacare. My husband is now on Medicare but I have health insurance through the Marketplace. My experience hasn't been good with them. As I have to pay some of the premium credit back, my accountant told me I need contact them to make corrections so I don't owe next year. That will bring my payments way up for crappier coverage then I already have. My coverage is way better than my daughters. We have only 1 health insurance company left in NC with Obamacare. My daughter is in NY and has more choices but none are affordable for a single person living in NYC.

Thanks again!!

Susanne