Some states are seeking ways to lower prescription drug costs for residents. The goal of the District's new AccessRx program will be to negotiate lower prescription prices for low income, elderly, and uninsured residents. Minnesota has information on how to order low cost pharmaceuticals from Canada on its RxConnect website. The website provides information about selected pharmacies, forms, and instructions to purchase maintenance medicine. Maintenance medications are medications that are used over a long period of time to keep a health condition in check. For example, Lipitor is a maintenance medication that controls high cholesterol. Some people with high cholesterol take this medication for the rest of their lives.

Controlled substances and medicine not available in Canada cannot be ordered. For example, some generic medicines approved in the United States are not available in Canada, and vice versa. If you take generic prescription medicine, you are probably already getting the best price right here at home.