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May Canadian
Pharmacy News
News Issue May 2006
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UPDATE: Canadian Drugs Okayed in Nevada!
NEVADA APPROVES REGULATIONS FOR SETTING UP SITE TO
BUY CANADIAN DRUGS
The Nevada State
Board of Pharmacy has unanimously approved regulations allowing consumers
to import prescription drugs from
Canada.
The board has
agreed to license Canadian pharmacies that meet that country's safety
standards and will post a Web site linking consumers to the approved
pharmacies.
The regulations must first pass a
legislative committee meeting May 4th before being enacted,
which is
expected to pass without problem. On May 5th, any
Nevada resident
should be able to legally buy Canadian prescription drugs from licensed
pharmacies.
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Medicare Deadline is Looming
Seniors
age 65 and older have two more weeks to enroll in a Medicare prescription
drug plan. And with the May 15 deadline approaching, the final push is on
by Medicare, social service agencies and the drug plan companies to help
people find a plan that covers what they need, at a price they can afford.
Senior advocates are targeting their enrollment efforts in counties where
the total number of residents with some drug coverage is
low.
The Medicare drug benefit is voluntary,
but eligible seniors who don't sign up by May 15 will incur a financial
penalty when or if they do sign up someday. That penalty will become a
permanent fee attached to each monthly premium. The penalty amounts to 1
percent of the national average premium for each month they delayed
enrollment after May of this year.
Canadian online pharmacies are seeing an increase in orders
as seniors hit the "doughnut hole" of coverage where they have to pay a
sharp increase for their pharmaceuticals in the
U.S.
Sales
to
U.S. customers are
beginning to climb as more American seniors better understand the
complicated Medicare D regulations, but particularly as they hit the
so-called doughnut hole usually between $2,250 and $5,100 where many
aren't covered by the
U.S. government plan.
'Why
pay full price?' Patients have the option of doing both Medicare D and"
using Canadian online pharmacies.
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Tamiflu - Available at Medisave.ca!
We would like to inform you that Tamiflu is again available
at Medisave.ca. Please call one of our Customer Service Specialists at
1-877-888-DRUG (3784) or simply order online by clicking here.
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Tips for Taking Medicines
Safely
PREVENTING
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
ERRORS
Prescription medications save lives and help improve the
quality of life for many people. But medicines can also pose a danger when
they are not used correctly. Errors can be relatively insignificant: minor
side effects that a patient wasn't warned about. Or more serious: A
patient may end up taking the wrong medication, or the wrong dose, or no
medicine at all.
US
government's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality prepared the
following medicine safety checklist:
1. Ask questions about your
medications
2. Bring all your medications to medical appointments
(Vitamins, herbs,
over- the-counter, and
alternative medicines of any kind, should also
be checked.)
3. Make sure your medicine is what was ordered &
that you know how to take it
4. Ask about what side effects and what to avoid while
taking the medicine
5. Check whether you
need laboratory tests
If you get a
handwritten prescription, look at it and read it. If you're having trouble
understanding what it says, it's likely the pharmacist may have that same
trouble. Ask for another copy of it; ask for one to be printed out,
because that can really make a difference.
Medicines can be powerful aids to help keep us well. But experts
remind us, using them correctly requires checking and double checking, on
the part of the doctor, the pharmacist, and the
patient.
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Your Comments
"
America, pay
attention! Medisave.ca not only saves you money, it pays attention to
you. ALL my prescriptions go to Medisave, and Medisave ALWAYS calls
me to confirm. Orders arrive quickly and as ordered."
P.J.P.
"I
have been buying my medicine from you for a few years now and have nothing
buy praise for the way you treat your customers in the
U.S.
You've been a life saver for me as I would have to do without a lot of my
medicines or make a choice on other necessities here. I just want to
thank you for being there for me. I
love the new cover sheet. It makes it easy to send new
prescriptions. Your loyal customer."
T.G.
"Thank
you for your informative Newsletter and the service you provide us here in
the
US. We tried the Medicare
D program for two months - that was all we could handle of the confusion
and errors in the program and disenrolled - we do get a couple RX
thru
Liberty here in the states also - but
thank you so much for your
courtesy and service."
J.&T.M.
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Medisave Customer Feedback
Your
suggestions do not go unheard. If you have any comments on the articles in
this month's newsletter - or other topics that you would like some
information on email us at: CustomerService@Medisave.ca.
Let us know what else we can do for you or simply share your experiences
and feedback. Thank you.
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