Transfer a US Presciption to Canada - how?

[hemlockmark]

I am on a visitor's visa in Canada while I wait for my PR. I don't want to cross the border too often, to prevent any complications.

Can I get my USA medicine prescriptions somehow transferred here?
Perhaps my old doctor calling a pharmacy here or my old pharm calling a pharm. here?

A specialist appointment here will take SIX months!

I love any help - thanks

 

[profiler]

I am on a visitor's visa in Canada while I wait for my PR. I don't want to cross the border too often, to prevent any complications.

Can I get my USA medicine prescriptions somehow transferred here?
Perhaps my old doctor calling a pharmacy here or my old pharm calling a pharm. here?

A specialist appointment here will take SIX months!

I love any help - thanks

You will need to take a bunch of the medication with you.

Doctors are accredited and licensed to prescribe under the US equivalent of the DEA. Therefore your doctor would have to be registered and licensed to prescribe medicines in Canada for that to work.

 

[CDNPR2014]

no. us prescriptions can't be transferred. you would need to get a prescription from a canadian doctor or bring enough prescriptions to canada to last your time here.

 

[hemlockmark]

Not great news but a big help. Thanks folks.

 

[mcharade]

If you can prove a US doctor prescribed you something and take that evidence to a Canadian doctor, then they'll probably give you a Canadian equivalent (or even the same medicine). That's what I did when I arrived in Canada. I went to a clinic and told the doctor what medicine I had been taking in the US, and they gave me the same. Mine was only for birth control though, so I didn't need evidence. I think you should bring some evidence of the prescription if it's anything more than that. Good luck!