My blood pressure meds from a Canadian pharmacy are less than $1.00 per tablet. My pharmacist said no generic was available in the US and the Diovan would be $287.80 for a 60-day supply. Medical insurance is outrageous because it supplements the AMA and pharmacy lobbies. Frederick

A simple explanation of some complex legislation

posted Tue, 8 Nov 2011

Last week we issued a press statement regarding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This bill, which is informally referred to as the E-Parasite Act, was just introduced in the House and it threatens American access to safe, affordable medicine.

Like the PROTECT IP Act (the Senate version of the anti-piracy bill) SOPA overgeneralizes when it comes to online pharmacies. It fails to make a distinction between licensed, legitimate international online pharmacies that always require a prescription and rogue pharmacies that sell fake medicine or narcotics without a script.
 
We recently came across this video that does a great job of explaining how such anti-piracy bills would censor American access to foreign websites (including international online pharmacies). We thought our readers might be interested in learning more about this issue.

 

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