Canada’s pharmacists worry a lack of data about prescription management could see a repeat of the situation with diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic, in which thousands of doses have been mailed over the border to Americans.
Canadian Pharmacists Association vice-president of public affairs Joelle Walker said Americans buying cheaper Canadian drugs is nothing new.
One of the main challenges, Walker said, is that there isn’t a strong sense of the prevalence of mass U.S. buying of Canadian prescription drugs because the data isn’t available. Ozempic’s primary use is to treat diabetes, but demand for the drug has spiked recently due to its so-called “off-label” use for weight loss, hyped by social media and celebrity endorsement.
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — which operates Davison’s place of practice — said the organization “recently became aware” of the “assertion” that he may have prescribed Canadian Ozempic to U.S. patients. Peter Loewen, a University of British Columbia assistant professor and Vancouver General Hospital pharmacotherapeutic specialist, said price differences for drugs across the U.S. border, combined with the free movement of people and goods, mean regulating the flow of prescription drugs is easier said than done.
Walker said any discussion about how drugs are prescribed also needs to take into account that Canadians also make use of cross-border prescriptions when travelling or moving to another province.
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