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Posted by iforgotmypassword on July 2, 2007, at 7:29:30
i want to try guanfacine to see if it will help with focusing my thoughts and action, and with my akathisia. i'm wary of trying clonidine, but i guess i might if i have to. i'm not really hugely into sedation tho.
i'm not really worried about depressiogenic effects, i was fine on aricept. if i have any problems i have the option to go off. it just seems to be a simple receptor agonist. i also have higher BP than most people my age, and definately higher than most people my size.
i don't know if it will be effective, if it is an effective medication period, but i have tried a lot anyway, so i am already mostly outside of what is conventional, so i may as well try.
problem: i live in canada. i was wondering if it now being approved for another indication, as INTUNIV for ADHD, means it may become officially available here. i guess the price may be atrocious. the other option is just buying it from the states. i'm not asking about doing something illegal, but in canada, i have met people who take drugs from the states, but haven't been approved for direct sale here, and i suspect there is probably no legal barrier against it. more of an issue that there was no financial reasoning for any higher powers to get the paperwork done to SELL it here.
if i were to buy it in the states, would i need a prescription from an american doctor, or even more specific like canada, a doctor from the state i am buying from?
anyway, again if this is truly illegal tell me. i am not asking about how to do something illegal, but from what i gather from observation it may easily not be illegal, and the legal issues involve boundaries that the drug retailers have to go by, but does not place restrictions on the patient. at least what it seems with canadians using american drugs, and even vice versa (i know some transgendered people who use antiandrogens available here, but are american, i don't think there was any hard legal boundary.)
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 2, 2007, at 9:35:24
In reply to guanfacine and canada, posted by iforgotmypassword on July 2, 2007, at 7:29:30
Guanfacine is not listed in the Health Canada database. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/databasdon/index_e.html
It is legal to import prescription medication into Canada, though, provided you have a doctor's prescription. In general, provided that the drug you seek to import is not scheduled (e.g. narcotics, hallucinogens and such), you may import a 90 day supply, and repeat such actions every 90 days. http://hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/compli-conform/info-prod/drugs-drogues/pol_0019_drugs-drogues_import-human_use_nhp-usage_humain_psn_e.html#52
Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/2wr6jk (in case that huge government link got mangled). See Section 5.2, for Personal Use Importation.It is wise to have the drugs accompanied by a copy of the prescription, whether delivered by mail, courier, or in person. Intercepted shipments not accompanied by the appropriate documentation are subject to the discretion of the authorities.
On a more personal note, I've done it, and never had a problem.
Lar
Posted by iforgotmypassword on July 2, 2007, at 14:11:58
In reply to Re: guanfacine and canada » iforgotmypassword, posted by Larry Hoover on July 2, 2007, at 9:35:24
i know there is a problem here with that. or at least pharmacies i've gone to. even between the provinces, i think. but will an american pharmacy just fill any valid prescription from an MD, even if it is canadian?
i'm thinking of just looking for the pharmacy closest to the border near here.
are there any restrictions on my doctor, is he allowed to rx a med that is approved in the US, but hasn't been through the canadian system for whatever reason?
i think he'd be pretty okay with the med, it's prolly in his book, guanfacine seems to have been popular enough even though its been off-label, and clonidine has been used in canada for a long time.
thanks! :)
Posted by iforgotmypassword on July 3, 2007, at 22:51:54
In reply to thanks. do they take canadian rx at US pharmacies? » Larry Hoover, posted by iforgotmypassword on July 2, 2007, at 14:11:58
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