Warren (Buffet), I hope you have a sizable investment in Pharmaceuticals. While growing up I never took any kind of medication unless a doctor prescribed it. Recently my doc said I should get a tube of antibiotic ointment to help with an infection which threatened a cut on my leg. So I went to the drug store. The box of ointment was so small I had trouble finding it. And the tube, for $8.00 or $9.00 was so small a team of ants could carry it back to their nest. Anyway, when my wife got a serious ailment, her doctor said, if we agreed, he would treat her as if she was in a new experimental program. She had just missed the required profile to participate in it. He explained the experiment and the findings on her condition. He, said, "I think this is the way to go," and we agreed. Among other stuff, it involved using a new medication which cost over $13.00 dollars for each pill the size of a pin head,. Over $400.00 a month. The pill, Arimidex, was well worth it.Her treatment seemed to be working and then I learned that the California State Legislature had investigated drug stores in Canada and provided Californians with a list of reliable Canadian pharmacies. I got the list and called one with an easy to remember name. The pin head size drug in Canada was $7.00 for the same pill. (not a generic) Do the math. About $210.00. a month instead of $400.00 And with all the other medication she was taking at that time, serious money.. I asked my doc about it and he said he thinks its a good idea but don't quote him. In the meantime I started getting up twice a nite to go to the bathroom. And not for a bath. I thought it was nerves caused by my concern for my wife, but an exam results in more prescription drugs. Which thankfully, do work.
Somebody must have told powerful people in the Pharmaceutical industry about people using Canada, because all of a sudden I start hearing sound bites about counterfeit drugs from Canada. I have visited Canada. I like Canada. So my opinion, if I were a drug counterfeiter, where would I try to sell my phony drugs. In Canada where prices are low or in the United States, where prices are high? Not hard to figure. Counterfeiters go where the money is.
P.S. I recently ran out of the medication that helps me not get up at night. It happened before my prescription could be delivered from Canada by mail. So I purchased a month's supply locally, cost; $92,00. Over $3.00 per pill. I ordered and received a 3 month supply from my Canada Pharmacy. Total coast $49.50. Just over $.50 per pill. I'll do the math, .About $15.25 a month, Monthly From $92,00 to $15.25. (Flomax 03/2012) This is serious savings..
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