Local vs. Online Pharmaceuticals

The internet is always a convenient, cheaper alternative to buying consumer products. In recent years, there has been a massive ecommerce boom trumpeting hundreds of website alternatives for any product imaginable that can sell it better than your average convenience store. The downside? With more availability also comes more danger, fraudulence and insecurity.  Especially in […]

The Caffeine Drug

Coffee is the natural picker upper. It is the one thing that gets some us through the day, or at least out of bed. Coffee today is so common and seems so harmless that we forget that it is actually a psychoactive drug. What that means is that the caffeine drug is classified in the […]

Should insurers cover weight loss drugs?

“You’re fat”, “don’t eat so much”, “you’re eating the wrong things”… if you are overweight then you have probably heard any number of comments like this thrown in your direction. The fact is, it’s unhelpful and normally untrue. People who suffer from obesity are not just slightly over-weight from bad eating habits, the majority of obesity […]

The crazy price of generics

We used to buy generics because they were cheaper and they saved us money, we were even prepared to potentially take sub-standard medications in order to cut the crazy price of generics (generic prescription medications) but all that seems to be changing rapidly. The prices of generics are rising. Sometimes slowly and sometimes 100’s of $$ […]

Does low-dose Aspirin really help?

For many decades aspirin has been used for aches, pains and fevers, in essence it is an anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). The last two decades have seen a rising change in prescription use. Researchers discovered that low doses of aspirin also have antiplatelet properties, meaning that they can help to reduce the risk of blood clots, […]

Selincro – a cure for alcoholism?

Alcoholism is a disease and like any other disease it can be treated with medication. We say very strongly the word “treated”, like many diseases there is no cure. What exactly needs treating and how do we go about it? Alcohol abuse is no simple matter to fix. Many alcoholics need counselling, they have deeper […]

A new kind of wonder drug

There’s a new kind of wonder drug around. The only thing is, it’s not actually new, it doesn’t cost a lot of money and you don’t need a prescription. What? How can this be? Well it can be, and is. The drug we are talking about is called Acetylcysteine and it’s been around for years. […]

Buy Forxiga online

What is Forxiga? Forxiga is a relatively new medication for type II Diabetes. In addition to diet and exercise the active ingredient (Dapagliflozin) helps to bring down blood sugar levels or A1C levels. Sometimes diet and exercise alone are not enough and sometimes other Diabetic medications don’t bring down the blood sugar and A1C to within […]

Splitting tablets to save money

Like we said in our previous post about saving money on prescriptions, 2015 is going to be a year of frugal spending – this goes for your meds too, splitting tablets can help you save money, did you know? We already talk a lot about buying meds online to save money and making sure that […]

Drugs dropped from insurance

Part of our job at IsraelPharm.com is to be there for potential customers, as well as existing ones. As you know, IsraelPharm.com is not just a random online pharmacy; we have a team of pharmacists and packers ready to help you out on just about everything you need. We are constantly advising patients on drugs […]