Elderly Americans Looking to Europe and Asia for Prescription Drugs

[Judi Lynn]

Elderly Americans Looking to Europe and Asia for Prescription Drugs

Web Editor: Robin Straws
Originally Created: 2/28/2005 7:42:05 AM
Updated On: 2/28/2005 7:42:05 AM

Older Americans who've been looking to Canada
for their medicine may start looking elsewhere.

Activist groups from several states will meet in Philadelphia next month to explore buying prescription drugs from Europe and Asia.

Drug supplies in Canada have decreased as American manufacturers cut off sales to Canadian pharmacies that sell to U-S customers.

And the Canadian government is considering new proposals to choke off Internet sales, including requiring that people wanting the drugs first see Canadian doctors.
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