Many Americans browse the internet in search of the best deals for brand name drugs, but they’re not sure how to buy prescription drugs from a foreign pharmacy. Not only that, but they wonder if it’s even legal to bring it into the US. Healthcare is so expensive that people want to save as much money as they can on doctor’s visits and prescriptions.

It is widely known that brand-name US prescription drugs are a lot cheaper in Canada because of their universal healthcare system. ? Canada’s publicly funded health care system is dynamic – reforms have been made over the past four decades and will continue in response to changes within medicine and throughout society. Canada’s Health Care System. Canada.ca – The official website of the Government of Canada. Because Canada is so close to the United States, it is very tempting for Americans to get their prescriptions filled using Canadian pharmacies. Although this may seem like the ideal solution to high-cost prescriptions, you need to be aware of the safety and legal issues involved.

PharmacyChecker acts as a private pharmacy verification service that verifies the authenticity of an international online pharmacies meeting PharmacyChecker’s verification criteria, health and safety regulations, and government compliance where the online pharmacy operates. It is an affiliate company of ConsumerLab.com, a company that evaluates nutritional and dietary supplements.

LegitScript is an online evaluation and verification private website that determines which ones of online pharmacies are authentic and which ones are rogue. The information is compiled in a database that consumers can use to research websites from which they are desiring to purchase their medical products.

NABP stands for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. The organization is divided into 8 districts within the United States. There are Boards of Pharmacy for each state in the U.S., 11 territories in Canada, the Bahamas and Australia.

BBB  stands for the Better Business Bureau. BBB is a private, nonprofit organization that strives to promote marketplace trust by encouraging businesses to adhere to local and federal business regulations in the US and Canada.

FDA stands for the Food and Drug Administration. FDA is the name for the organization responsible for ensuring the public is protected when using human (and animal) drugs, medical devices, biological products, radiation-emitting products, food supplies and cosmetics. The FDA also regulates the development and distribution of tobacco products.

CIPA stands for Certified Canadian International Pharmacy. CIPA is the name for the Canadian association that certifies licensed, retail pharmacies. CIPA member pharmacies have served more than 10 million patients since the organization’s founding in 2002, with a 100% perfect safety record. This makes CIPA an immediate and credible part of the solution to exorbitantly high drug prices in the U.S.