Posted by JohnL on August 30, 2000, at 4:43:12
In reply to Importing meds into Canada, posted by MichaelF on August 27, 2000, at 0:29:55
Michael,
It's just my opinion, but if you find an overseas medication to be effective for you, while other Canadian choices weren't, then in my mind doing whatever is needed to get that overseas med becomes a high priority. After all, if it keeps you depression-free, your entire life depends on it, right? Without it, everything suffers...your job, your family, your friends, your future, your health, and...you. If there was a medication available to you in Canada that worked as well, it would be a different story. And if the overseas medication doesn't work all that well, that changes the story too...no longer a high priority. Wouldn't make sense.
Consider yourself lucky if you've found the magic in an overseas medication. As you know, there are thousands upon millions of people in the world terribly handicapped by depression and unable to find the right med to treat it effectively. If you've found that medication in an overseas drug, it's no longer fun and games (if it ever was!) It's real life serious stuff. Like I said, EVerything depends on staying well.
With that perspective, you might have to accept the burden of importing the med as one of the prices one must pay to stay well. Here are some ideas that could be helpful:
1) Place multiple orders at different times (perhaps staggered a week or two weeks apart). It will cost more in shipping, but the odds are that most, if not all, of those orders will get through. If some get seized, others will still get through. Build up a good supply quickly, then don't worry about it for while.
2) Use various shipping addresses. Maybe a friend or a family member will be understanding of your cause, and packages could be sent to multiple addresses.
3) Ask the supplier if they can provide discreet mailing (envelopes instead of boxes). Offer to pay extra for it. To stay well, that's a small price to pay.I don't mean to advocate skirting the law. It's just that given a choice--being depression free or adhering to some beauracrat's red tape rules--I'll choose depression free and pay whatever price is needed for it. After all, no matter what the price, one's entire life depends on it. Through my sufferings I have come to view a depression free life as absolutely priceless, a gift of gold, and any price I have to pay to achieve it is miniscule in comparison.
John
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