A hideous example of the state of 'health care' in AmeriKa (GOD DAMN this shit)

[Samantha]

32. I went through a similar difficulty when I was ordering from Canada Drugs

and I feel pretty confident in saying that what your mother is experiencing is the just influence of Big Pharma. They absolutely do not want Americans to be able to purchase drugs from Canada Drug. At one point a few years ago, maybe 3 or 4, someone very familiar with this situation (I cannot say who) told me Canada Drugs was worried that the U.S. Government was getting ready to pass a bill making it illegal for Americans to purchase drugs there. So much for free trade.

But the straw that broke the camel's back for me was when CVS kept increasing the price of my BP medicine. Every month, I would go back and it would be higher. It went in just a few months from under $100 (maybe $89) to, with increases in about 3 months, $150. I looked at them and said this just a gouge. I am not doing business with you any more. The woman behind the pharmacy counter said my doctor had prescribed a drug for which there was no generic and they were not responsible for the increases, but the manufacturer was. In that particular situation, I do not know who was actually responsible. But I called several pharmacies and found out that this particular medicine did not have a generic available in the United States. I called Canada Drugs and asked if it had a generic. They answered yes. The price was $49. So I asked why a generic was not available here, and the rep told me a generic was available almost everywhere except in the United States.

Another time my doctor wrote a prescription, the dosage for which was different than the dosage I had been getting. The pharmacist at Canada Drugs wanted to make sure the new dosage was correct because it was substantially a lot more medicine getting into my system than before. He asked did I mind having the doctor call me. So I called the physician's office to give her his number and ask her to call and confirm the dosage. I was stunned when she told me doctor's are forbidden by the FDA to communicate with Canada Drugs. I was furious. I resolved the problem in a less than desirable manner, but I still get angry when I think about how the pharmaceutical companies can actually control where we do business for drugs and how it can influence the U.S. Government to assist in the matter.

Good luck to you. I hope you find a solution to this problem. It just is not right your Mom has to go through this.

Sam