The importing of drugs from Canada has raised many questions and caused even more confusion. There are politicians both for and against the current U.S. policy and they are working to resolve the matter through new Medicare legislation.

Large pharmaceutical groups and their lobbyists are trying to protect their position and pricing practices by maintaining the status quo. This has resulted in many Americans having to find alternatives if they want to maintain their health and quality of life.

Americans seeking alternatives are faced with two main questions: is it safe and is the quality the same? Let's address these now:

Is it safe to purchase prescription medications from Canada?

YES, as long as you purchase your medications from a Licensed Canadian Pharmacy. Canada has one of the world's most sophisticated and regulated drug approval processes.

• Health Canada regulates the approval of drugs. The specific department with responsibility for drug approval is the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD). TPD is the national authority that regulates, evaluates and monitors the safety, efficacy and quality of therapeutic and diagnostic products available to Canadians. These products include drugs and medical devices.
• TPD and the FDA correspond regularly on the drug approval processes.
• The Canadian drug system is very similar to the U.S. system.
• All of this means that drugs are as safe in Canada as they are in the United States.

Is the quality of medications from Canada the same as in the United States?

YES, as long as you purchase your medications from a Licensed Canadian Pharmacy

• In most cases manufacturing of brand named pharmaceuticals is centralized for the world, the same manufacturing plant will send medications to both Canada and the U.S.
• In most cases the exact same medications are available in Canada and the U.S.
• Sometimes the medications are called by a different name (e.g. Losec in Canada and Prilosec in the U.S.) or they are different in appearance (e.g. Nexium is a peach tablet in Canada and a purple capsule in the U.S.).

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