Are prescription drugs from canada safe?

Answer 1

Yes they should be, when you deal with a reputable pharmacy.

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I live in Canada, and I assure you prescription drugs here are safe, despite what George Bush commented many years ago.

Every drug has a brand name and a generic, or chemical name. The brand names will differ in every country, and are manufactured by different companies per country, but chemically they are all the same.

For example, Tylenol (TM) is a brand name for the chemical compound known as "acetaminophen". Acetaminophen is sold in every country in the world, under different names, but that doesn't change its chemical composition, it's the exact same everywhere in the world, they just have different names for the same thing.

If you're ordering online though, be very careful, in fact I would never recommend anyone do so. There are so many fake pharmacy websites out there that will say they're a Canadian, or US, pharmacy to either steal your money straight up or send you fake pills.

But if you're actually IN Canada and buy directly from a pharmacy here, you're going to get the exact same medication as you would in the US or anywhere else in the world, just under a different name. But the different name doesn't change the chemical composition of the medication.

Another good example is with the brand names Advil (TM) and Motrin (TM) which should both also be sold in the U.S. Those two medications are the exact same thing, a chemical compound known as "ibuprofen". They have different names, but the chemical compound is the same. You'll usually also find the pharmacy's own version next to it at half the price, simply labeled "ibuprofen".

That same principle applies to prescription medications. In this example, the brand names differ by country, but "ibuprofen" is still chemically "ibuprofen" in any country in the world.