Drugs from Canada: Volume 5, Issue 40, Eikev
- Sefas Tamim
- Aug 14
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 17
August 16, 2025; 22 Av, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
QUESTION: I take some very expensive medications which cost me a lot of money even after my health insurance kicks in. My co-pay for Brilinta costs $418.54 for a month worth of pills and my Farxiga is $365 per month.
However, I have a significantly cheaper way of obtaining it. I can have my American doctor call the prescription in to a Canadian pharmacy and the pharmacy can ask a Canadian doctor to review the prescription. After the review, the pharmacy can then ship it to me here in the USA. The price for buying the medications in Canada in this manner is only $122.89 for the Brilinta and only $99.76 for the Farxiga...