Doctor Fined For Cross-Border Prescriptions
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- A Canadian doctor who practices in Boynton Beach has been fined and reprimanded for signing prescriptions allowing US patients to receive Canadian drugs.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Canada&#39;s health minister says doctors and pharmacists who give prescriptions to Americans without meeting them first are being unethical.
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Patients who want to see a GP in the evening should face a charge, some family doctors say.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a U.S. government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.
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'If you sell illegal medicines, we will stop you' Healthcare regulators have raided a series of UK web businesses believed to be connected to the illegal offering of prescription drugs on the internet.â¦
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VANCOUVER - Canada&#39;s health minister says doctors and pharmacists who give prescriptions to Americans without meeting them first are being unethical.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- A new joint program in Illinois and Wisconsin to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe is the latest challenge to the United States' ban on drug importation.
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Canada's health minister said Wednesday that his country "cannot be the drug store of the United States" &#151; a warning that comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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The prices Americans pay for prescription drugs would fall &#151; though not to the levels of Canada or Europe &#151; if the government let consumers buy medications abroad, lawmakers were told Wednesday.
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TORONTO, Jan. 6 -- The Canadian health minister plans to restrict the supply of inexpensive prescription drugs shipped to about 2 million patients in the United States each year, and industry officials here are saying President Bush is behind the move.
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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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WASHINGTON - A Bush administration task force recommended strongly yesterday against permitting US citizens to import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it would be extraordinarily difficult and costly&quot; to assure safety.
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U.S. customs officials will still seize prescription drugs imported from Canada through the mail but will hand over enforcement to federal health officials in a policy reversal that one lawmaker said would benefit consumers seeking cheaper medicines.
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Canada is considering options to clamp down on the &#36;850 billion a year cross-border Internet pharmacy prescription drug trade by month's end, a Canadian health ministry official said Wednesday.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Canada's health minister says doctors and pharmacists who give prescriptions to Americans without meeting them first are being unethical.
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A doctor takes a risk and goes against a patient's wishes in order to save his life.