A comparison of brand-name drug prices between Canadian-based Internet pharmacies and major U.S. drug chain pharmacies

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Quon, Bradley S ^b   Firszt, Rafael ^b   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CARVEDILOL; CELECOXIB; CETIRIZINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOPIDOGREL; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESCITALOPRAM; ESOMEPRAZOLE; EZETIMIBE; FEXOFENADINE; FINASTERIDE; FLUOXETINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; GABAPENTIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; MONTELUKAST; OLANZAPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PAROXETINE; PIOGLITAZONE; PRAVASTATIN; QUINAPRIL; RALOXIFENE; RAMIPRIL; RISEDRONIC ACID; ROSIGLITAZONE; ROSUVASTATIN; SERTRALINE; SILDENAFIL; SIMVASTATIN; TADALAFIL; TAMSULOSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALDECOXIB; VALSARTAN; VARDENAFIL; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; INTERNET; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEE; PATENT; PRESCRIPTION;

CANADA; COST SAVINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; INTERNET; PATENTS; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944490530     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-143-6-200509200-00004     Document Type: Article

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