U.S. patients and physicians are importing prescription drugs from Canada and Mexico
September 2000
Many U.S. patients and physicians are importing prescription drugs from Canada and Mexico...to get around the high prices that drug manufacturers charge in the U.S.
For example, Zocor costs $2 more per tablet in the U.S. than in Canada. Losec is $4US/cap in New York...$1US in Mexico.
Importing drugs from Canada is really getting popular in the states along the border. And filling these Rxs for U.S. patients is becoming a revenue generator for some Canadian pharmacies.
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