What will prescription medications cost an uninsured US resident who is buying them in New Zealand? [more inside]
posted by moonlet on Nov 19, 2008 - 8 answers

How can I be sure that the prescription I'm about to fill won't appear in a for-profit prescription database? [more inside]
posted by Anonymous on Oct 18, 2008 - 7 answers

Anyone have any experience with NorthWestPharmacy.com? [more inside]
posted by misanthropicsarah on Mar 11, 2008 - 4 answers

What are some safe online pharmacies to buy cheap generic drugs from? [more inside]
posted by anybirds on Jan 22, 2008 - 11 answers

In order to save money on my prescription meds, I've been mail-ordering from Canada and the UK. However, I know that the online pharmacies that handle the process add a significant markup over the in-country prices available through the respective national health care systems. Over the next four weeks, I will be in both Canada and the UK. Can I fill my prescriptions directly, with a US doctor's written prescription? If not, is there some way to obtain a local physician's prescription? (The meds are psych meds, if that makes a difference.)
posted by soulbarn on Aug 30, 2007 - 5 answers

Is it possible for me to experience different side effects on a generic drug vs. its brand name equivalent? The drug in question is neurological. [more inside]
posted by samh23 on Jun 13, 2007 - 30 answers

Do physical therpists prescribe drugs? I have been trying to google this for the last 20 minutes. My freind is going in to physical therapy in college and I am sure my grandpa's physical theraist prescibed him things but she claims she wont be able to. can someone please settle this.
posted by DJWeezy on May 23, 2007 - 7 answers

I just read in the NYT that Zyprexa (an atypical anti-psychotic, used to treat schizophrenia and mania) is the fourth-most prescribed drug in the world. Other lists I've seen put similar drugs in the top-ten sellers. How can this be? Are there that many people suffering from these disorders compared to being medicated for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or any of a dozen other maladies I can think of that appear, on general observation, to be far more common? (And I don't believe, neccessarily, that this is simply doctors overprescribing - because, at least to me, that premise would mean overprescribing all drugs, not just the ones in question, right?)
posted by soulbarn on Jan 14, 2007 - 15 answers

Is it no longer safe to order prescriptions from Canada? I know there was a US Customs crackdown recently, but was that temporary? Any first-hand experience appreciated. [more inside]
posted by shifafa on Jul 4, 2006 - 6 answers

Is a 27-year old too to receive the world's first cancer vaccine? [more inside]
posted by nakedcodemonkey on Jun 8, 2006 - 14 answers

Migraine sufferers, what are your triggers, how quickly/consistently do they bring on your migraines, and what prescription meds work best for you? [more inside]
posted by kimota on Jul 18, 2005 - 34 answers

Does anyone know of an alternative to Effexor (Venlafaxine)? It is not a tricyclic, MAO or a SSRI. (MI) [more inside]
posted by arse_hat on Nov 30, 2004 - 16 answers

Online pharmaceuticals: Experiences? [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Jul 13, 2004 - 5 answers

When my insurance (COBRA) ends in March, what can I do? Private insurance is prohibitively expensive, and chances are with my preexisting health problems I may not be able to get insurance at all. Worst part is my monthly prescriptions are extremely expensive-we are talking the price of a car payment here, if not more.
Any suggestions, besides moving to Canada?
posted by konolia on Dec 13, 2003 - 14 answers