Any of you folks buy prescriptions in Canada?

[MissMillie]

Do you have websites you can do this at or do you actually have to go there?

The vet gave me some scripts for my cat's asthma, and suggested I get them filled in Canada.

I'm only about a 5 hour drive from the border, so a drive isn't out of the question (besides I do have family up there, so a visit isn't out of the question either...)

But I thought I'd check to see if this were do-able by mail, or online.

[Wcross]

1. Glad to hear Millie is doing better.....

I saw on the news that customs is intercepting prescriptions from Canada going to U.S. citizens. They claim they aren't as "safe" (read expensive) as U.S. drugs.
I just love it when the government goes out of its way to screw over the people they are supposed to work for! I guess the big drug companies put some pressure on them.
That being said you can ask the Canadian company you are ordering from if they have had any problems. If I were you I would go for a visit.

[MissMillie]

6. I asked the vet about driving up myself and bringing them in

and she said there shouldn't be any trouble, especially since it's a prescription written for a cat.

Millie will have to take accolate for the rest of her life, and should there be another attack she'll get albuteral in a nebulizer.

She hasn't had another episode since leaving the hospital last Monday.

[Wcross]

8. You shouldn't have any problems if you drive up.

I would be cautious about mail-order because of the recent crack-down by customs. My mom has serious allergy problems and gets her meds in Canada. She lives in Rochester, N.Y. so its an easy 70 mile drive to Niagra falls.
I was wondering how your cat was doing, I am glad to hear she is going to be fine.

[mrbassman03]

2. Yeah, there is a good pharmacy in Vancouver...

New Amsterdam Cafe, on Hastings. :)

[Wcross]

3. Can you still buy seeds at retail outlets up there?

I heard that the RCMP was cracking down on seed sales after the Marc Emery deal. Do you know if they are still selling them in Ontario? Just curious.

[mrbassman03]

4. You know, I'm not sure. Though I am heading to Vancouver in a week.

I'll make myself a note to check and get back to you. I would assume so, as I have been hearing the finished product is just as easy to get as it has ever been.

[Wcross]

5. I am just curious if the Emery situation.......

...has caused a panic among seed retailers. I really think it is a shame that the U.S. can impose its laws against a Canadian citizen doing business in Canada. It just doesn't seem right.

[MissMillie]

7. lol, I'm treating the cat for asthma

I think we're going to avoid any kind of smoke for now.