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By Sharon O'Brien, About.com Guide to Senior Living since 2004

Are Your Canadian Prescription Drugs from an Authentic Canada Pharmacy?

Thursday June 25, 2009
blue pills-Trisha Shears-stxch.jpg When you order prescription drugs online from a Canada pharmacy, how do you know they come from an authentic Canada pharmacy?

Back in August, 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted "Operation Bait and Switch" at three U.S. airports to determine if supposed Canadian prescription drugs were from actual Canada pharmacies. Of 4,000 packages confiscated, 85% were not manufactured in Canada, but in 27 other countries.
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Carol & Richard Eustice, your Guides to Arthritis, have the full story—and they offer tips that buyers should follow when ordering prescription drugs from Canada pharmacies on the Internet.

Read: Canada Pharmacy: Is your Internet order really coming from a Canada pharmacy?

More Prescription Drug Information:

  • What You Need to Know About Canadian Prescription Drugs
  • How to Get Free or Low-Cost Prescription Medication
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