PSP Consumer Article
Pfizer Blocks Sale of Cheap Drugs P2
- Solutions that Save
30th July 2004
Last week the Pharmacy Shark Patrol (PSP) highlighted the anti competitive action of big pharma, blocking consumer access to cheaper medications. This bulletin focuses on what you can do to cut your medication costs and buy online.
Most people want the best value from their purchases. The problem is who to trust? Over the past 3 years Independent affiliates, like Drugstorebestbuys.com have researched the online pharmacy market to find the best suppliers.
Online pharmacy affiliates must back the best suppliers to ensure consumer repeat business. Affiliate sites that have been around for at least one year are more likely to have selected the best pharmacies.
In Canada and Australia pharmaceuticals are available at one third of the price of the identical product sold in USA. Big pharma want to maintain their outrageous US pricing by running scare campaigns, inferring all generic medications are inferior or not to be trusted. This is simply not true.
To assist you to identify reliable information sources please use these key steps:
Record the pharmaceutical name of the products that you need.
Eg.
Lipitor = Atorvastatin
Viagra = Sildenafil Citrate
Levitra = Vardenafil
Cialis = Tadalafil
Propecia = Finasteride
(Please see http://www.DrugStoreBestBuys.com
for a review of a range of brand and generic lines.)
When searching online use the pharmaceutical name to give yourself more
choices.
Legitimate online pharmacy suppliers usually have an affiliate program.
The PSP bulletin service uses feedback from many affiliates to monitor
supplier performance.
Check if the supplier has an affiliate program. Word of poor customer service or low quality products spread online instantly. An affiliate program encourages accountability, because affiliates will highlight benefits or alternatively expose poor products and services.
Select pharmacies with a real world address in the contact information.
Alternatively, select suppliers that are evaluated and rated by a research
organisation like Drugstore Best Buys. Please review the list of suppliers
with a positive rating and identify which suppliers to avoid.
http://www.drugstorebestbuys.com/onlinepharmacieslist.htm
Make sure the pharmacy site uses Secure Encryption Technology. Check in the FAQ page of the site. Always read the pharmacy About Us page.
Ensure the pharmacy specifies if it is supplying Brand name or Generic product. If the pharmacy site attempts to disguise the brand name - go elsewhere. Please check the Drugstorebestbuys.com pharmacy ratings list and avoid disappointment.
For speedy next day or within 3 day delivery in USA, order Brand name medications from USA based suppliers. If your Doctor has any concerns over the veracity of a particular supply of generic medications, heed his/her advice.
For the lowest prices order generic brands from recommended suppliers and save money, but allow extra time for deliveries.
For a drug to be categorized "generic" it has to meet 2 tests.
It has to be chemically equivalent and it has to be therapeutically equivalent
to the brand name drug. i.e.: it has to have the same therapeutic effect.
Generic drugs may differ in colour, name, size or shape but this is cosmetic
and for patent reasons only.
Drugstorebestbuys.com applies numerous checks and assessments to each pharmacy before adding them to our recommended lists. The best pharmacies feature in our tables. We invite you to use our experience to keep your purchase decisions simple, fast and money saving.
In the United States the FDA has given guidelines for the personal importation of pharmaceutical products, on a doctor’s prescription for personal use only. The general rule for each delivery is for a maximum 3 months supply.
Therefore, most suppliers will provide a copy of the prescription, or to save you money request that you fax, email or mail your doctors prescription.
Alternatively, approved clinics and medical insurers will obtain wholesale
quantities for distribution. Each US state has their own regulations regarding
online prescriptions.
Please check and follow your local legislation requirements.
European citizens can receive RX medications without a prescription.
Please encourage your friends to subscribe to Pharmacy Shark Patrol:
http://www.drugstorebestbuys.com/newsletter.htm
Regards
Rick O'Shea
www.drugstorebestbuys.com
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