In order to help you try and effectively wade through all the mail-order pharmacy options, we have listed a number of tips to keep in mind before ordering from any Canadian pharmacy. As with anything health related, you should always use caution by talking with your healthcare professional first, learning as much as you can about the main pharmacies you are considering, comparing at least a few different pharmacies before ordering, and by not placing the entire emphasis on the cheapest price available.

Because the savings are typically substantial at most all of the legitimate pharmacies, saving a few extra dollars to go with the cheapest price can sometimes hurt you in the long run, causing you to end up with a pharmacy that offers poor service, slow order processing, or worse. The following bullets are by no means a comprehensive list, but a number of important tips are included below:

• Make sure the pharmacy requires a valid and recent prescription (within 60 days).
• Only use a service that tells the actual pharmacy name and license information
• It is usually best to use a pharmacy with an international mail-order pharmacy accreditation.
• Only use pharmacies that will have a Canadian doctor review your US doctor's prescription and write you a new Canadian prescription, not simply co-sign your existing one.
• Try contacting the pharmacy directly via email or phone, if you are unable to get through in a timely fashion, you should consider avoiding it.
• Try to make sure you can get in contact with the pharmacy itself and not just a customer service agent at a call center (they are usually not even employees of the pharmacy).
• Ask if they are licensed and get their license number.
• Make sure the site includes a physical business address and not just a post office box.
• Ask what country your medications are coming from to be certain your prescription drugs are coming from Canada and not abroad.
• Make sure the site includes an alternate means of contact (other than just email).

The Ordering Process:

After your paperwork has been completed (usually a medical history, release forms, and a valid prescription from your doctor), all of your prescriptions should be reviewed and re-written by a licensed Canadian doctor before they are filled. This is a safety requirement put in place by the government in Canada. Once the order has been processed, prescriptions are then filled by the actual Canadian pharmacy. Depending on the pharmacy you are using, dispensing fees, shipping, and physician review fees are either packaged into the pharmacy's drug prices or added on as an additional charge.

Delivery

Most pharmacies will ship prescription drugs directly to you or to your doctor's office. Due to US government regulations you are only allowed a 90 day supply of each prescription drug. Because of this restriction, if you have an immediate need for a certain medication an online pharmacy is probably not your best option, as they are more appropriate in situations when you have a week or two to wait for the shipment to arrive.

All of the links on this site are provided for informational purposes. If you have any questions about pharmacy policies, prescriptions, or ordering, etc., please address those towards each individual pharmacy.