Prescription Drugs ?

Dakota98 wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

kalynzoo wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
Just beware that Walmart may be the cheapest BUT 99% of their generic drugs are from OTHER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. And go figure, your insurance company approves it and there is legislation that 'makes' them fill it with generics now.

I just went round and round with the doc to insist on the script that I get the brand name of my meds made right here in the US. :R

Check your label you will be mildly shocked how many of them come from another country. These countries do not have any standards regarding conditions, purity, dosage, etc.they have to abide by when filling these drugs. Google Walmart, India, Ranbaxy Laboratories.

"..Indian pharmaceutical companies account for half of the warning letters issued by the FDA across the world...."
"...India is the second-largest supplier of over-the-counter and prescription drugs to the U.S..."

I watched several documentaries showing the inside of these pharmaceuticals where they make these drugs and the FDA warning letters and I won't buy any of my meds or my dogs meds at a Walmart. Just saying.

I hate to rain on your parade, but Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, and your local pharmacy all purchase from the same wholesalers, Amerisource Bergin, McKesson, and a bunch of others. Yes, they have their own distribution units, but they also purchase generics from around the world. Many brand name drugs are now manufactured in plants around the world as most major manufactures are multi-national. A major problem in the United States today is a constant shortage of life saving medications. The shortage even affects products produced in the USA because the chemicals required to prepare the medications come from companies around the world. Guess what I am really getting at is: If you don't like Walmart don't shop there, but repeating rumors probably generated by unions trying to profit from Walmart's success does nothing to support a major business that maintains it's roots in the USA, supports communities, offers scholarships (a very impressive pharmacy scholarship to family members of employees). Walmart stock is in the portfolio of many retirement plans. I've never worked there, one of my kids did years ago and had no complaints. But their pharmacies are respected and their pharmacists came from the same educational institutions as pharmacists across the USA. JMHO
Gary, Recently retired pharmacist, and loving it.
Happy Trails.

x2, and the generics that Wal-Mart sells are legal, FDA approved ones, not the clandestine ones manufactured off shore in non-approved plants without the control of an NDA or ANDA.
and the person who names a "Canadian" source should be aware that for most of these the Canadian address is basically only a mail order source, the actual product comes into the country directly from India, etc. If you want to buy directly from overseas that Indiageneric site I previously mentioned is only one of many available.
bumpy

Bumpy,

I must be the one mentioned. Yes, I am completely aware of the situation. The source I purchase from in Canada offers the brand name or generic, both. They are still less money in several cases, ordering name brand. I know exactly what countries my drugs come from & in many cases I would bet that my meds are being manufactured in the very same facility as that of those purchased say by Walmart, Walgreens or CVS.

Besides, I'm not dead yet & have been doing this for 7 years.

PS: FOLLOW THE MONEY !!!!

do you know where those generics sold by the Canadian firm are actually manufactured. I would bet that all of the generics sold by walmart, et.al. are from sources approved by FDA and subject to approved ANDAs or NDAs.
bumpy