Canadian Pharmacy Access a Top American Healthcare Issue

Langley, British Columbia, Canada (Vocus/PRWEB) December 21, 2010

A recent survey of American customers of one of the largest Canada drugs websites, NorthWestPharmacy.com, suggests that access to a Canadian pharmacy is the second most important healthcare issue for Americans. Eighty four percent of 1312 total respondents said that affordable health insurance was their most important healthcare concern while 81% said affordable prescription drugs was their second most important concern. Ninety four percent of respondents agreed that prescription drug prices in the USA are too high while 88% of those surveyed said that they rely on reputable online pharmacies to afford their maintenance medications for conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Interestingly, more than two-thirds of those who said they rely on a Canadian online pharmacy to afford their drugs also reported that they would either forgo taking their prescribed drugs, reduce how much they are supposed to take or struggle to pay for other necessities if they could not access a legitimate online drugs site with lower prices than American pharmacies.

“The numbers are staggering and most of them are senior citizens,” says Aman Bhangu, a licensed pharmacist who manages NorthWestPharmacy.com’s Canadian dispensing pharmacy. Pharmacist Bhangu believes that “there would be a public health crisis for hundreds of thousands of seniors in the United States if they could not purchase their drugs online from safe Canadian international pharmacy sites.” Mr. Bhangu insists that his years of experience as a pharmacist at both American chain drugstores as well as at NorthWestPharmacy.com’s Canadian pharmacy have taught him that “the patients at Canadian online pharmacies and retail American pharmacies are the same; they are not the ones looking to buy drugs without prescriptions but are mostly intelligent and informed older people under a doctor’s care who cannot afford the high cost of drugs in America.”

NorthWestPharmacy.com serves hundreds of thousands of Americans through its Canadian International Pharmacy Association, buySAFE and TRUSTe certified website and toll-free call center. It is also the only Canadian pharmacy site to be awarded the ShopperApproved.com seal. Through ShopperApproved.com, NorthWestPharmacy.com has become the most independently rated and reviewed Canadian online pharmacy website by actual paying customers.

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