Meya
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posted on January 3, 2001 09:37:19 AM new
Those of you who live in Canada may be able to answer a question for me.
You can purchase over the counter Tylenol with Codeine in the pharmacies in Canada. It is a fairly weak compound, 8mg of codeine with 350mg of Tylenol. (I think)
When my brother was there last summer on a fishing trip, he bought me a small bottle to see if it helped with headaches I get sometimes.
My question is this; can a person living in Canada purchase these and legally mail them to a person living in the States? This is not something I would want anyone, myself included, to get in trouble for.
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shar9
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posted on January 3, 2001 09:52:00 AM new
Meya,
Please don't take this as gospel but my brother travels from country often and I know that many drugs that we need an RX for in the US are not needed in another country.
I am thinking that while you may go to that country and purchase it I didn't think you could mail it.
I have heard of people that travel to Mexico or Canada a few times a year or maybe once I am not sure but they do it because they can get the meds they need cheaper. Now, maybe the ones these people come back with are not a controlled drug as anything with codeine such as tylenol or percodan with low amounts of codeine and that is how they do it.
It would be interesting to know where to find this information out.
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stockticker
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posted on January 3, 2001 09:56:09 AM new
Meya: The trouble (I think) would be the breaking of U.S. law regarding what can legally be imported into the U.S.
I am not sure what action the U.S. authorities would could take against a foreign national unless there was some sort of reciprocal arrangement with Canadian authorities or unless such action involved preventing the Canadian from entering the U.S. or transacting business with the U.S. {tiny risk I suspect}.
Irene
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Meya
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posted on January 3, 2001 10:26:27 AM new
I know that bus loads of senior citizens regularly travel to Canada to buy medicines they can get cheaper there, but I think when you are buying it for yourself it is different.
I'm not sure how to go about finding out. I suspect I'll just have to wait until we make another trip north to the Falls. It's been a few years since we went, and we try to go every 5 years or so. One can only go so long without seeing the Falls, or driving to Toronto to eat a Licks Hamburger. 
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stusi
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posted on January 3, 2001 10:28:17 AM new
i would think that mailing a controlled substance across national borders is illegal regardless of whether the controlled substance is codeine or heroin.
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RainyBear
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posted on January 3, 2001 10:29:37 AM new
I took some of that once. I feel deeply asleep and dreamed I was floating up next to the ceiling.
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shar9
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posted on January 3, 2001 10:32:25 AM new
stusi,
I know in MO at least that if a Dr prescribes a controlled substance that person sometimes husband must pick it up and carry the RX to the pharmacy. They can no longer even call it in and I don't think they can mail it but not positive on the mailing.
From another country I think that her brother can carry meds for his personal use but it is to be for him. Now, how much I do not know the answer to.
I know my brother had tagament and some tylenol 3 for his gout but I know not a large amount and it was for his personal use. I believe that time he was coming from France.
edited to add: But, I have no idea what country he purchased it or what other countries he may have traveled in the mean time.
[ edited by shar9 on Jan 3, 2001 10:33 AM ]
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stockticker
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posted on January 3, 2001 11:28:17 AM new
Meya: Here is the Canada Customs web site:
http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/general/menu-e.html
The site seems to be having technical problems right now so I couldn't look around to see if there was any useful information regarding the export of medications by non-businesses.
Irene
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Zazzie
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posted on January 3, 2001 12:57:11 PM new
You should be looking at the USA Customs site---not the Canadian one. Canadian customs controls what comes into to Canada--and the USA one is vice versa
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wildanteeker
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posted on January 3, 2001 01:46:53 PM new
Some info here:
http://www.fda.gov/ora/import/pipinfo.htm
Hope it helps answer your question
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gravid
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posted on January 3, 2001 03:08:40 PM new
As it stands right now you need 2 presciptions to get a drug in Canada and bring it back. You need a Canadian Doctors Rx to get the drug art the Pharnacy and a US Rx to bring it back. If you got a drug in Canada that did not need a Rx but a Rx was needed for that item in the US you would still need a US Rx to bring it in.
Most border stores have a doc working with them to issue Canadian Rx's.
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Zazzie
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posted on January 3, 2001 03:18:31 PM new
But if it is an over-the-counter drug in Canada---the Canadian RX requirement wouldn't be necessary
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gravid
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posted on January 3, 2001 05:38:52 PM new
exactly zazzie - I tried to say it too briefly.
I looked into renting a mini-bus and taking seniors over once every week but the license to drive the bus was too hard for me to get. You have to pass a physical I could not...
[ edited by gravid on Jan 3, 2001 05:39 PM ]
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