Canada Drugs: To Buy Or Not To Buy?

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Canada Drugs: To Buy Or Not To Buy?

It's a crisis situation to need drugs and not be able to afford them. It has driven many people to look outside the United States for solutions, with cheaper Canada drugs a possible solution.

The survey of 120 pharmacies across New York, 8 of which were in Buffalo, revealed a substantial difference in cost if prescription drugs were filled in Canada rather than the United States.

It was determined that if Buffalo-area residents purchased the popular arthritis drug Celebrex (Celecoxib) in Canada they could save $671 a year.

The FDA is responsible only for drugs marketed and sold inside the United States.

The FDA has several concerns about imported drugs including quality assurance concerns, counterfeit potential, presence of untested substances, risk of unsupervised use, labeling and language issues and lack of information.