Comparing the costs of 90-day supplies of five popular drugs
Recent price of a typical prescription
Use	Drug	Manufacturer	CVS	Canadameds

Cholesterol reducer	Lipitor	Pfizer	$362	$220

Acid-reflux inhibitor	Nexium	AstraZeneca	$499	$90

Acid-reflux inhibitor	Prevacid	TAP Pharmaceutical	$465	$191

Cholesterol reducer	Zocor	Merck	$488	$209

Antipsychotic	Zyprexa	Eli Lilly	$1,000	$692

Buying Canadian

This summer, Boston's city employees can join the million-plus Americans who are already skipping the FDA's warning and begin buying their prescription drugs from Canada because they're cheaper. Should the rest of us get in line?

By Joseph Rosenbloom

May 30, 2004

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Paul Leary is a retired salesman for a Budweiser distributor in Boston. A round-faced, heavyset man, Leary is prone to pneumonia and has a weak right leg due to polio he contracted as a 4-year-old. He uses a walker to maneuver about his one-bedroom apartment in Arlington. Leary says his annual income of $22,000 from Social Security and a pension ... (Full Article: 3791 Words)