Canada Drugs Online Stocks Pirfenidone, the Preferred IPF Medication

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis sufferers in the United States can ask their doctors for a prescription, and buy pirfenidone from a licensed Canadian online pharmacy. Canada Drugs Online has answered this demand by stocking their pharmacy accordingly.

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) February 01, 2012

Canada Drugs Online, a licensed Canadian online pharmacy, has partnered with a new resource and support site for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis sufferers, http://www.BuyPirfenidone.com. Together, they are raising awareness of the deadly disease, and offering pirfenidone, the only medication currently approved to treat IPF, at a discount. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an incurable disease in which the sufferers' lungs slowly lose the ability to process oxygen. This is caused by the transformation of healthy lung tissue into unusable scar tissue. Pirfenidone is the only drug proven to reduce pulmonary swelling and slow the advance of the disease.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis currently affects over 5 million people worldwide. It kills over 50,000 Americans a year, the same number as breast cancer. There is no cure for this deadly disease; medications, and oxygen therapy can only slow the fibrosis process and keep sufferers active. Pirfenidone works by inhibiting the synthesis of TGF-Beta, which decreases the symptoms seen in the liver, lungs and kidneys. Pirfenidone has also been seen to hinder the synthesis of TNF-Alpha, which affects the swelling that has already occurred.

Pirfenidone (trade name Esbriet) is currently in Phase III FDA trials for approval in the United States. As it is the only medication potentially available to IPF sufferers, the FDA has approved Esbriet for Orphan Drug and Fast Track statuses in the United States. Pirfenidone has however, already been approved in Canada and Japan. IPF sufferers in the United States can ask their doctors for a prescription, and buy pirfenidone from a licensed Canadian online pharmacy. Canada Drugs Online has answered this demand by stocking their pharmacy accordingly.

CanadaDrugsOnline.com is a licensed Canadian pharmacy specializing in generic alternatives to pricey brand name medications. They opened their online division in 2004, and have since filled over 600,000 generic prescriptions. CanadaDrugsOnline.com allows patients freedom of choice with their prescriptions. CanadaDrugsOnline.com is proudly verified by PharmacyChecker.com and is a Certified Canadian International Pharmacy (CIPA).

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