Posted by 3 Beer Effect on March 16, 2002, at 23:34:07
In reply to Finding Provigil/Alertec Online, Best Price, posted by Katie Rose on March 16, 2002, at 21:37:24
If you have a prescription for Provigil it would about the same price to buy it at walgreens and pay the outrageous regular US price of $5 per pill (200 mg). By the time you add in the mandatory $19 for Fedex shipping from Canada you won't save much. Also, I believe they only sell Alertec in the 100 mg strength.
Not only that but since Provigil/Alertec/Modafinil is a schedule IV controlled substance it could be confiscated at the border by U.S. Customs. (Because of increased border security since 9/11 this is much more likely to happen these days).
The laws on importation of prescription drugs vary. If you go to Mexico in person you are only allowed to be back 50 units of each single controlled medication, but can bring back multiple medications, even schedule II's without a valid prescription, BUT you must declare them upon entry- otherwise you could land in a heap of trouble: (source- US Customs & Border Patrol internet sites & personal experience). These laws were a big suprise to me, but apparently are politically motivated: old people (who vote more than any other group) can go to Mexico to buy cheaper prescription drugs.
HOWEVER, Once you enter US State soil, if you are in possession of a controlled prescription drug without a valid US prescription in your possession you could be arrested on the way home by the state or local police (if they searched you or your car).By mail, I believe you can legally import up to 3 months of NON-SCHEDULED medication. Importing scheduled medication (such as Alertec/Modafinil is illegal without a US prescription). If you attempt to import scheduled medication, it may be confiscated- (Drug sniffing dogs sniff out more than 300,000 pills in the mail each year- mostly benzos). You would then receive a letter from US Customs saying that they are keeping your Alertec until you come down to the US Customs office in person, show them your valid U.S. prescription, & claim it.
I would tell you the name of the canadian pharmacy I found Alertec on, but Dr. God, sorry I mean Dr. Bob does not allow the subjects of his regime to talk about such things (illegal). If you do, you get sent to solitary confinement in the dungeon for 1 to 2 weeks.
Cheers,
3 Beer Effect
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