Canada Pharmacy’s Online Drugs Buyer Study Shows Canadian Online Pharmacies Patients Use Canadian Drugs as a "Long Term" Solution to High U.S. Drug Prices

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I don’t see buying from a Canadian pharmacy online as a short-term solution,

(PRWEB) April 27, 2011

NorthWestPharmacy.com, one of the premier Canada pharmacy online websites serving Americans, recently asked 1500 of its patients what they think of some of President Obama’s recent comments about the re-importation of Canada’s drugs into the United States.

While 98% of respondents approved of the President’s suggestions that more needs to be done to lower prescription drugs prices in the USA, there were a number of comments the President made that these American Canadian pharmacies patients appear to disagree with.

Specifically, the experience of American patients of the Canada online pharmacy seems to contradict President Obama’s comments that re-importation from Canadian pharmacies and other foreign pharmacies is a short-term solution to the high cost of drugs in the USA. Seventy two percent of respondents said they have been buying from a Canada online pharmacy for more than three years while 26% of respondents said they have been buying drugs from Canada for more than five years. Eighty eight percent said that given the political climate in the USA, they expect that buying drugs from Canadian online pharmacies either is already or will be a “long term” solution to their healthcare woes.

“I don’t see buying from a Canadian pharmacy online as a short-term solution,” says Aman Bhangu, a pharmacist at NorthWestPharmacy.com’s licensed pharmacy in Canada. Mr. Bhangu notes, “I practiced pharmacy in the U.S. before coming to Canada and I can tell you that American patients have been buying Canada’s drugs for more than 15 years – first on bus trips and then online after the advent of the internet – so this has become a long term solution for some 2 million Americans.”

Waiting for drastic changes to the U.S. health care system, including an overhaul of Medicare, before looking abroad for cheaper drugs was also roundly rejected by Canadian online drugs customers. More than 92% said that it was not practical for them to wait for the “entire system changes” under which Mr. Obama suggests U.S. health care costs will fall.

“Patients in the U.S. who are buying drugs from Canada online pharmacy sites need their medicines now but I would sincerely appreciate the President’s future efforts to help my patients buy their drugs for less at home,” concludes pharmacist Bhangu.

The President’s comment that Americans are “... paying 30 per cent more or 20 per cent more than prescription drugs in Canada or Mexico” may underestimate the price difference. The results of the “NorthWestPharmacy.com Canada Online Pharmacy Survey” released last week shows that Americans buying drugs online from even the lowest priced American online pharmacies pay triple the NorthWestPharmacy.com Canadian online pharmacy price for some of the most popular brand name drugs.

NorthWestPharmacy.com is often dubbed “America’s Canadian pharmacy” because it helps hundreds of thousands of American patients buy Canada’s drugs online and international pharmacy medicines through its Canadian International Pharmacy Association certified online pharmacy. NorthWestPharmacy.com is the only online Canada pharmacy to be awarded the five star customer service seal from a leading third party online ratings/reviews firm, Shopper Approved. Its Canada pharmacy service has become the most independently reviewed of all Canadian pharmacies online through more than 16,000 authentic customer reviews which are collected by and on display for the public through Shopper Approved. These NorthWest Pharmacy reviews can be accessed through the Canadian pharmacy’s online site. All purchases made through the Canada online pharmacy site for Canada drugs online and international medicines are protected through the buySAFE 3-in-1 guarantee and its Canadian online drugs website is TRUSTe privacy certified.

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