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I've purchased prescription drugs from Indian pharmacies online and they take a while to arrive, but they do make it through customs and arrive and they are leg

I've purchased prescription drugs from Indian pharmacies online and they take a while to arrive, but they do make it through customs and arrive and they are legit. The funny thing is, I mostly do it because I don't want to go to the doctor every six months to say "mother may I" for a very mild and safe statin. My insurance would pay for everything, but it's such a pain to do.

glerk 5y ago
I always find it incredible that in our free and civilized societies an adult isn't allowed to decide what chemicals he can put in his body. He must first beg for them.
- aunty_helen 5y ago
  I live in a “third world” “dangerous” and “corrupt” country. My food delivery app has modafinil from any of the local pharmacies or I can get it at the mall on the way back from the gym. In fact, I can get most medications this way and I don’t have to pay the 30$ it would cost me to see my doctor if I was in my home country.
- bserge 5y ago
- throw3434053 5y ago
  That's why we are civilised. People value dignity, grovelling for drugs should make one feel shame, and acts as a decent filter for those not desperate.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    Who said anything about grovelling? I have a feeling you feel like this about every drug, but why should one feel shame for consuming drugs? I agree that some people behave very bad on drugs, but that's no reason to forbid it for everyone.
staticassertion 5y ago
> and they are legit. How do you know? Do they have a lab certification/ is there a regulating body?
- nostromo 5y ago
  They come sealed from reputable manufacturers and pharmacies in India that you can read about online. I suppose someone could create fraudulent drugs, but honestly, it's probably cheaper just to sell you the real deal. And just like other businesses they want your repeat business. I know they are the real drug in my case because I take them for mildly high blood pressure. It's trivial to measure blood pressure, and I can see that they have the same effect as the American drugs of the same dosage.
- vorpalhex 5y ago
  Obviously importing regulated drugs may come with their own legal quandries. However, if you were to do such a thing, you would find information on what the pills and packaging should be, their ph, their coating and their weight. Then when you receive you order, you'd sacrifice a pill to carefully weigh it, check the coating matches, packaging and so on. If you ordered a whole bunch, you would check batch numbers and sample each batch for testing. Obviously this isn't foolproof, but if someone is going to sell a counterfeit they aren't going to practically spend a lot of time in making it a perfect one.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    In many countries there are also testing labs that don't ask any questions nor contact the police if you hand over small samples of illegal drugs, for harm reduction purposes. If you wanna be 100% it contains nothing deadly, use those.

glerk 5y ago

I always find it incredible that in our free and civilized societies an adult isn't allowed to decide what chemicals he can put in his body. He must first beg for them.

aunty_helen 5y ago
I live in a “third world” “dangerous” and “corrupt” country. My food delivery app has modafinil from any of the local pharmacies or I can get it at the mall on the way back from the gym. In fact, I can get most medications this way and I don’t have to pay the 30$ it would cost me to see my doctor if I was in my home country.
bserge 5y ago
throw3434053 5y ago
That's why we are civilised. People value dignity, grovelling for drugs should make one feel shame, and acts as a decent filter for those not desperate.
- capableweb 5y ago
  Who said anything about grovelling? I have a feeling you feel like this about every drug, but why should one feel shame for consuming drugs? I agree that some people behave very bad on drugs, but that's no reason to forbid it for everyone.

staticassertion 5y ago

> and they are legit. How do you know? Do they have a lab certification/ is there a regulating body?

nostromo 5y ago
They come sealed from reputable manufacturers and pharmacies in India that you can read about online. I suppose someone could create fraudulent drugs, but honestly, it's probably cheaper just to sell you the real deal. And just like other businesses they want your repeat business. I know they are the real drug in my case because I take them for mildly high blood pressure. It's trivial to measure blood pressure, and I can see that they have the same effect as the American drugs of the same dosage.
vorpalhex 5y ago
Obviously importing regulated drugs may come with their own legal quandries. However, if you were to do such a thing, you would find information on what the pills and packaging should be, their ph, their coating and their weight. Then when you receive you order, you'd sacrifice a pill to carefully weigh it, check the coating matches, packaging and so on. If you ordered a whole bunch, you would check batch numbers and sample each batch for testing. Obviously this isn't foolproof, but if someone is going to sell a counterfeit they aren't going to practically spend a lot of time in making it a perfect one.
- capableweb 5y ago
  In many countries there are also testing labs that don't ask any questions nor contact the police if you hand over small samples of illegal drugs, for harm reduction purposes. If you wanna be 100% it contains nothing deadly, use those.