Cialis not covered by HMO

Hi Jake,

If your Dr prescribed 25mg 3x a week then your 6 x 100mg pills that cost you $70 will give you 24 doses, take 3 of those a week and you have 8 weeks of medication

You are at $35 a month, the 1st 2 months are the ones where you need the Viagra the most during your recovery stage. You could be spending way more than that on a cup of Coffee each day for that month. There is a way to cut $35 from someplace in ones spending. You could also try Rite-Aide drug store, they have a discount card for drugs that are not covered by ins

It should be easy to get samples even just 2 each time you see your URO will save you $70 in 3 visits. I NEVER leave my URO's office without at least samples of 2 of the 3 ED oral drugs

Post Edited (MrGimpy) : 11/16/2010 6:52:23 AM (GMT-7)

Are you, as a US resident, doing something illegal by ordering from outside the US? yes.

Will it send you to jail - not very likely.

It would cost me my job (and insurance), so any risk, even just the 1 in 100 someone mentioned, is far too much.

Jake 930

I have ordered Taldalafil (Cialis), Vardenafil (Levitra) and by accident I received a gel version of some Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra). When I had tried brand name Viagra it did not work at all with me. I have used the brand name Cialis and Levitra. The only difference I can tell between the Brand Name and the versions from All Day Chemist is the cost. The gel versioni of Viagra I received was great. It worked well and you only have to wait about 15 minutes before you start playing.

It is my understanding that a large portion of our pharmaceuticals are made in India and Ireland.

Aimzee, I have full faith in alldaychemists. Yes, some people will argue not using it from an ethical, legal or business standpoint. How you stand on these issues is important, not what others may say or think. As to the credit card, I have no experience using anything other than one.

its a digrace that the medicine made at the alldaychemist is most likely the same drug imported to the u.s. and sold by the drug companys for $ 20.00 a pill to us instead of .58 cents a pill that it cost.

I just ordered the Cialis equivalent for my husband from ADC last week and we are awaiting delivery. I am disgusted that BC/BS refuses to cover the medication and decided that it is not worth the emotional pain to appeal as apparently our policy will not cover the med no matter how compelling the arguments are for doing so. So after reading about ADC here, and seeing the price difference, it was a decision we don't regret making. I also ordered Retin A which I've needed for many years for a skin condition (another med that BC/BS refuses to cover)....the tiny tube costs $120 here, was less than $5 through ADC. I'll let you know how long the order takes to arrive and how the meds compare when I have something to report.

Ordering was easy. I did get an email saying I needed to choose one of three options for the Cialis - either say it was not for use in the US or choose another equivalent medication. I wrote back and said, "I choose #1 option"....Then a day later someone called me from ADC and asked if I had received the email. I told him that I did and what I had replied. I then received an email that the order was being processed and a day later that it was shipped with a tracking number. I did not have to supply a prescription - just told them what our doctors had prescribed.

In the meantime, Tim has been using the samples given to him by the surgeon and the free 30 day supply of 5 mg Cialis (certificate obtainable from their website). So far not much effect but it is early yet.

I cannot understand why men with prostate cancer are treated so shabbily by the insurance industry. Women with breast cancer are not denied the care necessary to restore them to as close to pre-surgery condition as possible. Why are men not given the same consideration? It is infuriating and I don't know why men stand for it. There needs to be a major public campaign for prostate cancer education and treatment - much the same as has been ongoing for many years for breast cancer.

My husband votes against getting his RX out of country.  Plus, access to our credit card could be available.  He just doesn't trust this place.

Jim - My husband is a veteran - he served from January 1969 through December 1973....he does not qualify for anything. We recently registered him with the VA, his status as a vet is acknowledged but he is last on a long list of categories of "who qualifies for what" and does not qualify for any benefits whatsoever under our present circumstances.

We registered him because conventional wisdom was that it was important to do so and if nothing else, medications would be covered - but apparently that is not the case. We didn't really expect to qualify but should circumstances change drastically at least he is registered.

Aimzee - We registered Tim before we knew he had prostate cancer, just because so many people kept urging him to register so that part was done should he ever need VA services. So the non-qualification had nothing to do with ED or meds associated with rehab from surgery. It was that he is still working full time and our income level precludes any assistance. Really, that is good, I wouldn't want to take benefits from someone who couldn't provide for their own needs when we are able to.

What I resent is the $12,000 in premiums we pay a year for our health insurance and it does not cover the Cialis that is recommended for rehab from surgery. So $20 a pill....added on to the $1,000/month + $1,200 deductible/year + 20% co-pay up to another $1,500/year....feels like "piling on" and "kicking a person when they're down". Hence, my decision to try ADC.

Fairwind said -

"There is nothing illegal about ordering drugs from ADC.. Customs can seize the shipment on the grounds patent or copyright laws were violated, but neither you nor ADC committed those violations.. "

If you review the fda.gov site, I found two clear issues that make the transaction illegal - first, the pharmacy must require an original prescription from your doctor, second that the the patent is violated. In that second case, they may not prosecute you (in fact it seems that there is a policy to not pursue violators for quantities < 90 day use), but that does not make it legal.

I have not seen anyone mention that they had to send an original prescription, or even have their doctor fax one, to ADC.

I received the package from ADC yesterday morning. I had to sign for it. Nothing extraordinary about the markings....it came by Express Mail. Everything that was ordered was received. The Cialis equivalent was manufactured by Cooper Pharma, LTD with an address in India but followed by (UK) - not sure what that means. I looked the company up online and it has an impressive website with what looks to be a professional operation.

Aimzee,

At least one of my credit card programs offers "temporary" numbers - a one-use only number that links, once the transaction gets back, to your original credit card. That way there is, at least as they describe it, no risk of a re-use of a stolen card number.

You might ask about that alternative.

MrGimpy,

I understand that they allow less than 90 days, but that is a courtesy. If a customs officer in any country is having a bad day, you have a bad day, and may get hit with violations of laws you've never even heard of. I've been down that road more than once, so avoid problems wherever possible. A good example is clothing - you may buy jeans at Sears in Chicago, but they were made in Lesotho. Unless you have a receipt from Sears with you when you reenter the US, or a declaration made at customs before you left, those are foreign jeans, and if the total of foreign stuff adds up to $400, you pay taxes or fines. Even my t-shirt is foreign-made. 

It is all beyond absurd, but the law is the law.  

Hi 142

your Sears Jeans example is an Apples to Oranges example

To be the same example one would have to bring a 90 days supply of Meds INTO Canada then try to re-exit with them and prove that they were purchased in the US