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If you're going to go for a two year supply, it's probably better to just risk shipping it. You're not going to come home with that much without it getting con

If you're going to go for a two year supply, it's probably better to just risk shipping it. You're not going to come home with that much without it getting confiscated, and you're way more likely to be searched individually than a typical package is.

themafia 1y ago
You should be able to travel with a 90 day supply without issue.
- daniel_iversen 1y ago
  Not an American but there’s only very limited circumstances you can travel across the border home to the USA with foreign prescription drugs, right? And this scenario wouldn’t cover it. Unless you just meant they won’t get caught or maybe not fined or confiscated in practice? :)
  - toomuchtodo 1y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638316
    - valicord 1y ago
      That's mainly for visitors. If you're a US resident, you can't just buy medicines abroad, unless of course we are talking about the "they won’t get caught" scenario.
      - Muromec 1y ago
        Sounds like an opportunity for non-residents.
      - chronos00 1y ago
        US residents can buy medicines abroad the FDA link says personal importation is allowed as long as the medicines are FDA approved and are not being imported for commercial purposes. Now in the context of the original post maybe generic versions of Ozempic won't technically be FDA approved yet if the company that produces it has to wait for the US patent to expire.
        jay_kyburz 1y ago
        The FDA approved version may be significantly cheaper to compete with the generic brands. I also wonder if only the "active ingredients" need to be FDA approved, and the packaging is irrelevant?
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      - vl 1y ago
        Of course you can buy medicine abroad and legally bring 90 day doses. More over, you can order and ship medicine, including ozempic and zepbound, using American prescription from Canadian online pharmacies. For some drugs it’s quite cheaper than paying American prices.
      - axus 1y ago
        The major legal question for generic Ozempic imports will be, did Novo Nordisk buy Trump coins or donate to the White House ballroom?
c2h5oh 1y ago
With de minimis for US-bound packages suspended I suspect way more packages are inspected than used to be.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > With de minimis for US-bound packages suspended I suspect way more packages are inspected than used to be But a smaller fraction. If you’re paranoid, route it via the UAE. All my European and Indian shippers are doing that for tariff-free pricing. (Personal stuff. I’ll pay a customs duty if I get it, of course.)
  - CamperBob2 1y ago
    You can import from UAE without paying any duties or fees?
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    - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
      At least for wine, furniture, cheese, olive oil, art, kitchen equipment and medicine, at least from Italy and Germany and India and Taiwan, in the last six months, allegedly.
    - delfinom 1y ago
      I mean that entire region has bought the president, even got themselves a military base being built on American land now too. So why not.
      - seszett 1y ago
        > got themselves a military base being built on American land now too As a European I'm as critical of the US government as can be and their president has definitely been bought, but there are already several countries that have some training facilities and military personnel in the US. Calling it a foreign military base is really unnecessarily hyperbolic. And given the amount of military bases that the US have on foreign land, the outrage also seems a bit misplaced.
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themafia 1y ago

You should be able to travel with a 90 day supply without issue.

daniel_iversen 1y ago
Not an American but there’s only very limited circumstances you can travel across the border home to the USA with foreign prescription drugs, right? And this scenario wouldn’t cover it. Unless you just meant they won’t get caught or maybe not fined or confiscated in practice? :)
- toomuchtodo 1y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638316
  - valicord 1y ago
    That's mainly for visitors. If you're a US resident, you can't just buy medicines abroad, unless of course we are talking about the "they won’t get caught" scenario.
    - Muromec 1y ago
      Sounds like an opportunity for non-residents.
    - chronos00 1y ago
      US residents can buy medicines abroad the FDA link says personal importation is allowed as long as the medicines are FDA approved and are not being imported for commercial purposes. Now in the context of the original post maybe generic versions of Ozempic won't technically be FDA approved yet if the company that produces it has to wait for the US patent to expire.
      - jay_kyburz 1y ago
        The FDA approved version may be significantly cheaper to compete with the generic brands. I also wonder if only the "active ingredients" need to be FDA approved, and the packaging is irrelevant?
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    - vl 1y ago
      Of course you can buy medicine abroad and legally bring 90 day doses. More over, you can order and ship medicine, including ozempic and zepbound, using American prescription from Canadian online pharmacies. For some drugs it’s quite cheaper than paying American prices.
    - axus 1y ago
      The major legal question for generic Ozempic imports will be, did Novo Nordisk buy Trump coins or donate to the White House ballroom?

c2h5oh 1y ago

With de minimis for US-bound packages suspended I suspect way more packages are inspected than used to be.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> With de minimis for US-bound packages suspended I suspect way more packages are inspected than used to be But a smaller fraction. If you’re paranoid, route it via the UAE. All my European and Indian shippers are doing that for tariff-free pricing. (Personal stuff. I’ll pay a customs duty if I get it, of course.)
- CamperBob2 1y ago
  You can import from UAE without paying any duties or fees?
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  - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
    At least for wine, furniture, cheese, olive oil, art, kitchen equipment and medicine, at least from Italy and Germany and India and Taiwan, in the last six months, allegedly.
  - delfinom 1y ago
    I mean that entire region has bought the president, even got themselves a military base being built on American land now too. So why not.
    - seszett 1y ago
      > got themselves a military base being built on American land now too As a European I'm as critical of the US government as can be and their president has definitely been bought, but there are already several countries that have some training facilities and military personnel in the US. Calling it a foreign military base is really unnecessarily hyperbolic. And given the amount of military bases that the US have on foreign land, the outrage also seems a bit misplaced.

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