effect of current foreign shift on U.S. retail pharmacy

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Paul Trusten - 11 May 2004 22:51 GMT

Can any of you speculate on the long-term effect the new U.S. public trend
towards filling prescriptions at foreign pharmacies will have on U.S. retail
phamacy practice? To what extend could it affect prescription volume, and
pharmacist jobs, here in the U.S.?

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bradley emden - 13 May 2004 06:30 GMT

> Can any of you speculate on the long-term effect the new U.S. public trend
> towards filling prescriptions at foreign pharmacies will have on U.S. retail
> phamacy practice? To what extend could it affect prescription volume, and
> pharmacist jobs, here in the U.S.?

Better get your plane ticket to Canada, or your Bus to Mexico.

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Glenn Gilbreath Jr. - 01 Jan 2002 06:00 GMT

>From: "bradley emden" <bradleyemdenrx@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: effect of current foreign shift on U.S. retail pharmacy
>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 01:30:14 -0400

>> Can any of you speculate on the long-term effect the new U.S. public trend
>> towards filling prescriptions at foreign pharmacies will have on U.S.
>retail
>> phamacy practice? To what extend could it affect prescription volume, and
>> pharmacist jobs, here in the U.S.?

>Better get your plane ticket to Canada, or your Bus to Mexico.

My opinion is this:
If the US government is going to persist in the rather
ostentatious ambiguity in which it is currently enforcing
drug import laws, and continue to allow patients to obtain
non-approved medications from "foreign" channels, then the
law should be changed to allow US Pharmacists to import
the same medications for retail sale, under the same guidelines
as those "foreign pharmacies"!
Wiz <{;-)
Wizard57M
Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
Registered Pharmacist
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