That’s true, for comparison – the Xifaxan 550 mg that is used for treating diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome is available at $2547 for 60 tablets in the US on payment of cash. The same amount of the same medication is sold in Canada by registered pharmacies at $ 850.99.

Below you will find examples of the striking price difference in prescription and non-prescription medications in the US and Canada.

Pataday 0.2% eye drops cost on average $233 for 2.5ml in the US whereas the same quantity of the drops costs about $70.84 in Canada, manufactured by leading brand Alcon. By using the Pataday eye drops coupon the US prices are discounted by leading pharmacies making it still affordable for patients. However the discounted prices from US pharmacies are still nowhere near the prices of these drugs in the Canadian market.
The same is true for the Tazorac topical cream which is used to fight wrinkles and age spots. The cream is manufactured by leading drug brand Allergan both in the US and Canada and there is a major pricing difference between the countries. While a 30-gram tube (0.05% cream) costs about $79.30 USD at an online Canadian pharmacy, the same tube of Tazorac tropical cream costs about $425 USD in the US market – that makes it almost five times the price in the US. It’s understandable that US residents feel that drug and pharma companies are unfairly marking up prices of their products when sold in America, while just across the border the product is much more reasonably priced.

The best part is that residents of US can now take advantage of the same prices – thanks to online ordering. They can comfortably place orders for medication from online Canadian pharmacies and pharmacy referral companies. All this with the objective of helping US residents pay reasonable prices for medications and drugs that are unaffordable within the US. Due to the lack of a universal health care system in the US, the issue of expensive drug pricing is a burden with seemingly no solution. Even though industry professionals and government authorities have been trying to resolve the issue, the solution is distant. The availability of cheaper drugs across the border has become a workable solution for every day Americans.

Let’s take the example of Retin a Cream. The topical cream costs about $146 for a 20g tube at the 0.025% dosage. The exact same medication is about $41.85 for a 25g tube in Canada. It makes more sense to order the Retin a cream online from a Canadian drugstore rather than from a pharmacy in the US. Even with discount coupons that online pharmacies in the country promote, the price still can’t compare to the price of the cream in Canada.