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This Rx-Mex article was written in 2004 by staff writer Stephen C. Dayton pointing out
the difficulties today's seniors and those on a fixed income face
with the out of control prescription drug costs. People do have some options though thanks to licensed online
pharmacies selling generic versions of many brand name drugs which
can save consumers 50% and more.
Low cost International Pharmacies Save Elderly on Prescription Drug Costs. |
As pointed out by *Jack Shapiro, an
internationally-known healthcare marketing consultant “For the first
nine months of this year, the U.S. imported $40 billion in
pharmaceuticals and exported only $21 billion. In 2003, we imported
$50 billion and exported $23 billion." So what makes buying from
your local U.S. based pharmacy any safer then purchasing from Mexico
or Canada?
Many of today's elderly (U.S.) cross the borders of Mexico and
Canada in order to get their prescriptions filled at a huge
discount. For some it has become a necessity because they simply
can't afford necessary drug treatments any other way.
But what about those who don't live near the borders; how can they
take advantage of these savings? Fact is there are a lot of
prescription drugs that can be purchased online from international
locations for a fraction of the cost people pay here in the United
States. A good example of this is www.rxmex.org where many of
today's best known brand drugs can be found such as Viagra, Cialis,
Levitra, Zocor, Zoloft, Propecia and more. However they not only
offer name brand drugs at sharp discounts they also give seniors the
opportunity to buy generic versions of most of these name brand
drugs for savings that can reach up to 80% less then their name
brand counterparts!
When a drug company first invents a drug (eg. Prozac) that company
is the only one allowed to make that drug for a certain number of
years (approximately 10 years in the US). After this time period,
other companies are allowed to make the same drug. These drugs are
called generics. The original drug (eg. Prozac) is called a brand
name drug. Brand name drugs and their generics are IDENTICAL in
terms of active ingredients. The generic pills may look different
(because they are made by a different company) but inside is exactly
the same active ingredient which works in exactly the same way. The
only difference between brand name drugs and generic drugs is that
generics are always less expensive.
Most all drugs found at www.rxmex.org require a prescription so this
licensed pharmacy can fill most orders by having the purchaser fax
them their prescription and the shipped order can be tracked online.
Another benefit to ordering this way is that there is no tax to be
paid and orders are shipped internationally.
While some headway has been made in the last year or so in regards
to reducing prescription drug costs for seniors, for now it's simply
not enough for so many of our elderly. With the political clout of
today's drug companies who converge on Washington D.C. like vultures
I'm not sure the costs will ever get to the point where it should
be. Until then places like http://www.rxmex.org with their name brand and
generic low cost versions of many prescription drugs will continue
to be another excellent low cost source for today's seniors.
Copyright © Stephen C. Dayton 2005
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| * This information was obtained from an article written
by Mr. Shapiro on PRweb. | |
