Oh, Canada.....

Bless those Canucks.   Leave it up to them to find the a way around our crazy prescription costs here in the US. My medication is working, but the thought of rescue having to shell out more than $100 a month was downright scary.  Sure, I don't personally have to pay for it and even if I did, where is a rat terrier going to keep money?  Have you ever seen a pocket on one of us?  I think not.  Marsupials have it easy with their built in pockets, but us canines weren't so lucky in that department.   I mean, I don't even have a belly button to store lint in. 

My vet is really a nice lady.  Her name is Dr. Mansfield and she is always nice to me when I come to see her.  She has been fighting just as hard for me as my mom has been.   So it was no surprise that she was more than happy to try the Namenda with me.  It is working.  I am off the Xanax and I am not crazy wild.  I still take my Prozac, but that is a cheap $4 a month.   She suggested that my mom try Canada.  Mom was ahead of her, but she had checked only the two sites that the State of Wisconsin approved for use by Wisconsin residents and Namenda wasn't there.  So, at Dr. Mansfields suggestion, she checked out more sites and you know what?  They have my Namenda in GENERIC. 

How could this be?  There is no generic in the US, mom said so; but I heard her on the phone with one of the Canadian pharmacies and it's because the US has some restrictive laws, called "patents" that they don't have in Canada.  Turns out, my drug under a Canadian generic can cost as little as $9 a month.  Can you believe it?  From over $100 a month down to $9 a month!!!  I am so relieved.  It means I can stay on my medication and I won't be as likely to scare off someone who might adopt me if my medications are under $20 a month.  

Later this week we'll send a prescription to Canada, where it will take 2-3 weeks to fill.  In the mean time, we'll pay for the medication here until it arrives.  At least we know there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  Heck, I might just take to wearing a maple leaf on my chest. 

                                                                             - Gracie