The average cost of prescription medication in the U.S. is over $5 per pill without insurance coverage. That means that just one medication taken twice a day can cost over $300 a month. The more medications the take, the more it adds up. At a foreign online pharmacy, you can find the same exact medications for just $300 a year, which can save you and your family a fortune.

Finding a foreign online pharmacy to purchase your medications from can be difficult at first. Many online pharmacies aren't actually pharmacies at all, but just a sham website set up to collect your personal financial information. A tell-tale sign that the online pharmacy is not a legitimate pharmacy is if the website does not require you to provide a valid prescription to purchase your medications. A legitimate foreign online pharmacy will always require a prescription before they allow you to purchase prescription medications.

A good choice for a foreign online pharmacy would be one located in and operating out of Canada. Canadian pharmacies are considered foreign, but are not "foreign" in the sense that many of us think when we hear the word. A foreign online pharmacy in Canada will be able to assist you with any questions or problems you have while ordering your medications, and your medications will be shipped much faster than they would if you used a more distance online pharmacy.

When you have settled on what foreign online pharmacy you are going to use, consider ordering a generic drug instead of the name brand drug. The same exact effective ingredient is in generic prescription drugs, but the costs are significantly less than that of name brand drugs. If your doctor has allowed for your pharmacist to substitute a name brand drug with a generic drug, choose this option.

You can also purchase up to three months of your prescriptions at once from a foreign online pharmacy, which can earn you an even larger discount. A foreign online pharmacy will sometimes offer you up to 50% off your total prescription price for purchasing three months up front, and you won't have to worry about ordering your medications as often. You may need to have your doctor rewrite your prescription to allow you to purchase a three month supply at once.

Remember that your prescription will need to be mailed or faxed to the foreign online pharmacy you choose to purchase from before your prescription is filled, so consider asking your doctor for a prescription that is good for at least a year, or asking your doctor if he can call in your prescription for you directly to the foreign online pharmacy