Rx-only drugs for an out-of-country visitor?

LazyDog149 · #1 01-02-2009, 01:17 AM

it is sold here and called lotrel...

insurance fraud might work but your dr friend had better be willing to put up in case of an audit... though unlikely

norvasc and lotensin are sold here as separate generic pills and as a cash price should be much cheaper than lotrel

you said they were russian? find a pharmacy that services mostly russians, explain the situation and probably the pharmacist will fill for cash price.

don't flame me...

statdoc · #2 01-02-2009, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by LazyDog149

it is sold here and called lotrel...

Lotrel is NOT the same thing that his family member is already on. Lotrel is the amlodipine/benazepril combo I already mentioned. Benazepril and lisinopril are both ACE inhibitors, so substituting one for the other is generally possible, but why take a chance on screwing up things when the man can get the two meds he is already used to taking, in dosages that apparently work for him? He takes two pills each morning for his visit, rather than one. Big deal.