Bumpyroad wrote:
John&Joey wrote:
Bumpyroad wrote:
MamaGoose wrote:
Oh, I would be VERY careful. Last night I was researching. One pharmacy, I found the address and used google street view so I could actually see the building. The website also posts the name and license number of the pharmacist.
but where are the drugs actually manufactured?
bumpy
Probably the exact same place you get your USA drugs. Those poor Kanucks, they're dropping over dead all the time from those bad Canadian drugs without our high USA quality standards to guide them. :R
Yes, when ordering anything off the internet one should do their due diligence.
How do you do diligence when you order from a Canadian address, and mistakenly think you are getting Canadian manufactured products produced under decent GMPs but they are actually just a mail order address and the actual drug product comes from a third world country?
and FYI Canadian drugs are manufactured under very similar GMPs as those in the USA. which is basically why Canadian drugs are/were generally allowed in the US without US FDA inspection.
you seem to be confusing two issues. 1) drug products manufactured in Canada and 2) DRUG products ordered thru a Canadian address that are manufactured in a third world country subjected to who knows what type of conditions.
bumpy
Well, you take a good look at the website, for one thing. And that includes spelling and grammar. If it's not proper English, be suspicious. Look for a physical address. Then look for it on a google maps street view. I found a specific address in one case and was able to view the actual building which had a sign on it. It was a good sized building, which to me was a sign of legitimacy...it's not an empty rented office. Google had it labeled by the business name on the map as well. Look for a pharmacy license number on the website. There are regulations and standards in this country, all pharmacists must be licensed and they have to meet strict criteria to keep their licenses. One website I looked at had the name of a specific pharmacist and his license number, so that one guy is legally responsible for what goes on there. That is a heavy responsibility. You can probably contact a Canadian pharmacist association to see if that is a legitimate license number as well.
I know a while back I saw a site which listed legitimate Canadian pharmacies that fill online orders. If I can find more information on this, I'll post it.
I am aware that there are problems with this and a consumer has to be really careful. Being familiar with brands of medications can help, but my particular pills themselves aren't marked. I do, however, know what they are supposed to look like. They are manufactured by a generic drug company in Canada, Novopharm. The label on your medications will have an abbreviation for whatever company has manufactured the meds, ie Novopharm would be "NOP". Apotex is another generic drug manufacturing company, it's abbreviation is APO and these would be on your label. Some pills themselves are stamped or embossed. Be familiar with what your pills are supposed to look like. You might be able to find pictures of them on the internet.
Medications will also have a "DIN" number (drug identification number) and that should be on your prescription label as well. I just typed in a google search DIN followed by the number on one of my prescription labels, and I came up with the exact name of the medication as well as the manufacturer. A search on another one didn't show the manufacturer, but it did show the correct medication. I don't know if scammers would be that thorough.
