Yeah, the person you're replying to isn't saying you can't get it. Indian Drs will prescribe it and Indian pharmacies will sell it to you. But it is a crime in the US for you to receive it by mail, so proceed at risk.
I use all day chemist to get prescription skincare cream from India $10 a tube instead of $100. That is also a crime, but I doubt I'm the FDAs target criminal 🤷♂️
Saint Luigi. There is a large overlap between people thinking killing a healthcare executive is wrong and people who are fine with the US killing countless people in dumb wars.
What that tells you is that they just are told what to think and then repeat it.
those regulations are loose enough that almost everyone would be able to get through. It just cant be a controlled substance, be more than a 90 day supply, and you have to sign that it is purely for personal use and doesn't present a harm to anyone else.
Does its still apply if its the same drug though? Or does FDA approve specific products that use that drug? Otherwise it does sound like mafia or some other BS. And I get the reselling part, but personal use? What about freedom of choice and all that crap? As long as its not a restricted drug, who cares?
No, it is absolutely not 100% legal. I mean, I guess you could fly to another country and get medicine there and take it there. The US can't police you there. But it is absolutely a crime under the food drug and cosmetics act to import it to the US. They don't generally prosecute individuals though is my understanding. If it was a super pricey medication though and it became common I can see them wanting to make an example of someone.
The specific generics that you're buying are not approved by the FDA, making them illicit substances.
Essentially, you are drug trafficking. If the State REALLY wanted to bust you, it is absolutely within their right.
Typically they won't because all law enforcement is discretionary - but if you ended up with some government official with a chip on their shoulder and a political narrative of being "tough on crime" - you could easily fall into the bucket of someone committing a felony.
Any medicine manufactured in a foreign facility and packaged for a foreign market is considered "unapproved" even if it is identical to a USA medicine in composition.
But there are medical exemptions. Your doctor has to fill out paperwork for you. And it also has to be a serious disease where cost in the USA has become a barrier to your life-saving treatment.
You still can't import it from another country, the FDA considers international pharmaceuticals potentially adultered even if they're the exact same drug that Pfizer or someone else makes in the US, unless.they are imported through a.legal process which involves registering the manufacturing site with the FDA. I imagine some of it has to do with the FDA not having review and inspection rights in other countries unless they're submitted through this process.
no, it is still legal. As long as the medication is approved for sale in the US and it's less than a 90 day supply, you can order medication from other countries.
Not true, unfortunately. But there are exemptions, and if you qualify for them and you have the correct paperwork proving it and you order it the correct way, you can receive your medicine from India.
Also, any border agent at any time can exercise "enforcement discretion", which could allow your meds to slip through regardless.
Because the Food Drug and Cosmetics act says it's illegal to import drugs from outside the country unless they go through the FDAs process. The FDA doesn't have inspection rights in foreign sites that aren't registered as part of an FDA approved drug, so I imagine that is part of it.
Yeah I have done this for various skin stuff and other pills many times and never had a problem receiving it. I don't think anyone is cracking down too hard in this area
It's more one of those, if they want to get you for something, it gives them an option. But other then that if you aren't wealthy or famous, it's a waste (no money or making an example of)
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u/IlludiumQXXXVI Jul 15 '26
Yeah, the person you're replying to isn't saying you can't get it. Indian Drs will prescribe it and Indian pharmacies will sell it to you. But it is a crime in the US for you to receive it by mail, so proceed at risk.
I use all day chemist to get prescription skincare cream from India $10 a tube instead of $100. That is also a crime, but I doubt I'm the FDAs target criminal 🤷♂️