Russian pharmaceuticals

[Goombah]

Evia was recently scouring the pharmacy shelves for a product called "No-Spa".  I did some web searching and this particular drug is only marketed to the Eastern Europeans.  Why would that be?  What are others doing to provide such things, or not, to their new brides?

Kevin

[Bruno]

This drug is an antispasmodic and is available in India but is not approved by FDA for its use in US.

Since the main compoment of "No Spa@" is drovaterine, you can find at  http://www.imanational.com/drugmanual/genericprice.asp?GenericID=277 a list of generic... print it and visit your doctor... maybe he can inform you what is possible to find in USA...

The "Drotin M" tablet 80 mg ( make in India ) is fully compatible with "No Spa@" and you can command it via internet at http://www.avoidmiddleman.com/amm/healthdetails.asp?ssid=25

[Goombah]

Hi... and thanks.

Actually, I did Google for some time before posting.  I know what "No-Spa" is, and I know from Evia that it is commonly used in Russia without restriction.

What I was curious about is how people feel about using non-FDA approved drugs?

I work for a company that markets items that make it into the food chain worldwide.  We won't sell a product anywhere until it is approved in the USA and Japan - at a minimum.

So far, we have been pretty lucky finding doctors for Evia and Nastya that speak Russian (most have been in the USA for 20+ years, but come from Poland, the USSR, etc.).   Hopefully the next time we go I can have this conversation with them.

Kevin

[RacerX]

What we do, is each time we go back to the FSU, we buy enough drugs to fill a small suitcase!  My RW wife is a MD so we get all the cool injectables too!

The only caveat: be sure only to use a legit place otherwise much of what you buy will be counterfeit.

Or, just ask her friends to pick up whatever she needs on one of their visits - last month we had a drug 'wish list' and got most of what was '"requested!"

[Admin]

What we do, is each time we go back to the FSU, we buy enough drugs to fill a small suitcase! My RW wife is a MD so we get all the cool injectables too!

The only caveat: be sure only to use a legit place otherwise much of what you buy will be counterfeit.

Or, just ask her friends to pick up whatever she needs on one of their visits - last month we had a drug 'wish list' and got most of what was '"requested!"

Aren't there some limitations imposed by US authorities on what you can legally bring in from a foreign country?

I recall, many years back, buying some super-duper cough medicine over the counter in Thailand. When I tried to bring it back into the US, it was confiscated as illegal.

I seem to recall that a private person is allowed to bring up to two month's supply of prescription medication which is unavailable in the US when coming from a foreign country - or something like that.

Any knowledge as to formal limitations?

- Dan

[RacerX]

Yes, legally you are only supposed to bring in a 3-months supply (whatever that means). and with two or more, that could calculate to a 6-9 months supply.

The name of the drugs are in Russian, and if we had been asked (never in more than half-dozen trips) we would just say they are non-prescription ones.

And, if you bring in prescription stuff, you could be asked under FDA rules to give the contact info of the doctor who will be treating you. 

Again, never happened to us, but I supposed if you looked the part, they might ask .