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Does anybody know a "helpful" online dr that can prescribe basically antything?

ChookityPop

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Does anyone know of a Dr that do online appointments and can write prescriptions for basically "anything"? And ship the prescriptions by mail?

I want to talk to a doctor online and get him to write a prescription for medications for chronic venous insuficciency for example and ship the paper prescription by mail. I order my meds online to my neighbouring country, go pick it up, IF I get stopped by customs I show my paper prescription and off I go.

That would help out people that live in countries with strict customs a lot and patients in general.



I would really appreciate recommendations!
 
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Rufous McKinney

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I was in a foreign country and told: no, we won't ship your Prescription Drug to You.

And no, Fed Ex won't let you ship that either. And no I can't order my chinese herbs and have them shipped to me.

Hopefully you'll have better luck.

I think its outrageous you can't obtain your own RX via mail while: visiting somebody.
 

hapl808

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I think it's different for every country? Even if you got an online appointment with a legit doctor, it would have to be someone within your own country who can rx to a local pharmacy, otherwise there's a risk of customs, etc.
 

Rufous McKinney

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I think it's different for every country?

yes thats also likely...I was just reading about shipping Rx internationally: the DEA has to approve whats being shipped via some form you must have somehow obtained, nearly impossible to fathom. And its a U.S. felony....to violate these laws, in our case.

Its a huge problem for me. I plan to: move. And once I'm with my daughter, in a foreign country, I'll be unable to obtain my compounded LDN. I already looked into it...extensively last time. No way to legally ship that I could identify. LDN does not exist in the country I'd be living in, it seems.

I wasn't able to figure out how to get my chinese herbs, either, altho that might be a bit more readily able to sneak that past them. Its just some powder- and therefore maybe it looks like I brought with Nescafe. Since its not pills, I might be able to get that thru.

(aside, entering the foreign country, we checked the customs checklist box 1: we have plant, animal and pharmaceuticals. Nobody cared on that end). Walked right in with it all.
 

ChookityPop

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I think it's different for every country? Even if you got an online appointment with a legit doctor, it would have to be someone within your own country who can rx to a local pharmacy, otherwise there's a risk of customs, etc.
I have gotten prescriptions sent to me by mail in the past from other countries. If I could Get a prescription I could order meds to my neighbouring country and go there to pick it up. Customs would give me green light taking the meds i to my country If I had a rx to show.
 

hapl808

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I have gotten prescriptions sent to me by mail in the past from other countries. If I could Get a prescription I could order meds to my neighbouring country and go there to pick it up. Customs would give me green light taking the meds i to my country If I had a rx to show.

Yeah, again I think it comes down to individual countries. Sounds like you couldn't get shipped to your country, but could to a neighboring country. Rules in the USA vs Canada vs Japan vs UK vs Germany on prescription drugs are all very different I think. Even down to the individual drug.