Posted by mgrueni on August 12, 2001, at 9:51:25
In reply to Re: Drug Insurance, posted by Willow on August 11, 2001, at 15:33:02
< Losec was taken off already as I mentioned above.......Our governments have a way of announcing changes during the summer months that may cause controversy, in hopes that the masses don't notice >
Hi again, Willow.
Hmmm... then you are right, that doesn`t sound very good. So, what to do?
I did a little bit of *research*, and here is what I could find out, so far:Losec contains the medicine Omeprazole (10,20 or 40 mg). Ok, Omeprazole is not really *new*, as far as I know. I don`t know if it´s possible in Cadada to import Losec from another country, but if yes, here`s a price list:
http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/econ/losec.html
(maybe your pharmacy can import it for you?)There are also a few generics available in germany:
Omeprazol 20mg (ratiopharm)
Omeprazol AL (Al-pharma)
Omeprazol Heumann (Heumann pharma)Mirapex is known in germany under the brand name "Sifrol".
As I said, I don`t know, if imports of cheaper generics or the original brand from other countries are possible in Canada, but we often do that in german pharmacies because of the *cost factor*. Ask your pharmacy, they will know.
Good luck,
Micha
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