Posted by Zeke on December 13, 1999, at 11:37:17
In reply to Re: Purchasing drugs overseas? , posted by saint james on November 30, 1999, at 20:47:06
James is basically right -- you have to have a prescription. I say basically because often the script can be obtained from a foreign physician at the pharmacy.
I'm not saying this is proper or safe but then again Rx prices in the US are similarly outrageous! (You'd also get a better deal if you were a dog than aperson -- veternary forms of Rx drugs are cheaper too.) I also question if all the oversite on noncontrolled drugs is necessary. (For that matter they sell codeine tabs OTC in Canada and I don't know of a glut of codeine junkies up north. Actually its a C5 drug here in some forms -- most people just don't know that.)
More about this can be found here: http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/imp-exp/trade/tools/archives/vol1n03/presmed.htm
That is the official customs site so probably more crediable than others. The only misinformation there is that unapproved are in fact being allowed in without red tape, essentially as a reaction to desperation of folks with AIDS. (Don't know how this plays with the script necessity since a US doc can't prescribe an unapproved drug.) Note also that the 90 day supply often mentioned is disclaimed on the Customs site.
Packages from overseas are checked RANDOMLY. However the government also keeps a special eye on packages from certain senders -- as possible.
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