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RE: Importing medications
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:43 pm
by billie_tv (imported)
Has anyone ordered estrogens, androcur, depo, spironolactone, etc. to Canada?
I'm wondering if the regulating body here, Health Canada, would come down on me. I just want to know if I can get a post office box and do my thing privately without Big Brother getting involved and showing up with the constabulary. I read a previous thread about different online pharmacies and again just wanted to know if there's a hands down winner for customer satisfaction and competitive prices. Thanks.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:08 pm
by Caith721 (imported)
Send e-mail (mailto:
[email protected]) to the folks at inhousepharmacy.biz (
http://www.inhousepharmacy.biz/faq.html) and I'm certain they'll let you know if they've ever experienced any issues with the Canadian postal authorities or your regulating body.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:12 pm
by billie_tv (imported)
Thanks Caith721. That's a great idea.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:50 pm
by billie_tv (imported)
I looked on their site: outside of the UK it looks to be called Four Corners, located in Vanuatu (South Pacific), and Canada is not on their list of countries they ship to. It's odd that they ship to the US, but Canada is more rigourous with their customs and import prescription laws. Maybe a referral to an Endocrinologist is in the works... but the point of it being I didn't want to be in the open, I was trying, carefully and with lots of information regarding safety, doses and risk factors, trying to see if it was 'right' for me.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:48 am
by Caith721 (imported)
Are you anywhere near the US border, where you might rent a US post box and ship there, then pick them up on a weekend visit? It's a strategy used by some small Canadian businesses and individuals to avoid long delays and seizures.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:28 pm
by billie_tv (imported)
It's not a bad strategy, Caith721, but I do think one might get caught at the border returning to Canada. It'd be even worse than talking to my GP to get a referral, having border agents want to fingerprint you for bringing in Estrogen.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:31 pm
by alex1234 (imported)
I have been told that the Canadian custom intercept all medication and destroy it. Some of it sometime go through because they can not open them all but because of the issues, most of the online pharmacy stopped shipping to Canada.
Because of that and instead of trying to import it myself, I found a Dr who would prescribe what I need. It's always good to have some blood test and medical support when needed. One of the added benefit is that my insurance reimburse it.
-alex
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:52 pm
by billie_tv (imported)
Thanks Alex1234
It probably is better, in the long run, to have a medical professional monitoring you and requesting the needed tests. The embarrassment of requesting or wanting such medications or being referred to an Endocrinologist would only be temporary. The damage, if done by oneself, could be permenant, or worse. And you are right, Customs cannot inspect every single package; but it's like Russian roulette... one time the 'gun' goes off.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:33 pm
by OneBallBoi (imported)
Got my first shipment ever of medications from United Pharmacies. The goods came from Hong Kong. The packaging was lousy. The box looked like the mail truck had run over it. Well beat up.. I was not over impressed.
Re: RE: Importing medications
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:53 pm
by twaddler (imported)
OneBallBoi (imported) wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:33 pm
Got my first shipment ever of medications from United Pharmacies. The goods came from Hong Kong. The packaging was lousy. The box looked like the mail truck had run over it. Well beat up.. I was not over impressed.
I had a couple boxes from them look a bit crushed also -- though the insides were unharmed. hmmm.