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Can anybody advise me on the legal aspects of buy drugs from abroad, specifically buying coproxamol from a .com in egypt. Is it legal without a pharmacist license? Anybody had dealings with this company?
Thanx
Can anybody advise me on the legal aspects of buy drugs from abroad, specifically buying coproxamol from a .com in egypt. Is it legal without a pharmacist license? Anybody had dealings with this company?
Thanx
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HiOriginally Posted by freshinkdesign
Nobody on here has any dealings with .com drug selling companies. We are all legally registered pharmacists.
If you need pain killers then visit your Doctor and get a prescription for them. If he won't give you one then you probably don't need them.
I hope this cleared this up for you.
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coproxamol are the only pain killer i have taken for migrain without any problems or side effects.
trust the government to ban the only pain killer that got rid of my migrain!
surely more people have died from alcohol, heroin addiction and smoking but no out right ban there hay? ...moan moan
Thats true but there were a lot of deaths caused by accidental co-prox overdose. There must be other combinations that helped your migraines.
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co-proxamol hasn't been banned as such. It's licence has been withdrawn. That means it can still be prescribed by a uk doctor as an unlicenced special providing you were already being prescribed it by your GP.
The main reason why your GP isn't prescribing it for you now is probably twofold:
For the vast majority of folk co-proxamol is no more effective than co-dydramol or co-codamol, and carries much higher side effect / overdose risks.
This is not to say that you don't find co-prox the most effective for you - different painkillers affect people differently.
The other reason is cost. Co-proxamol is now over £20 for 100 tablets. A 100% increase that most doctors don't like having to pay - especially when coupled with clinical data about it being no better than the other stuff.
I would have a sit down and a long chat with your GP to see if they can prescribe it for you again, or possibly even prescribe it to you privately.
Under no circumstances would a .com company be trustworthy to supply you with genuine prescription only medicines without prescription. You would most likely be ripped off, poisoned, have your identity stolen or end up with counterfeit tablets.
To say nothing that a drugs sweep of the postal centre would mean your package getting ripped open after a happy drugs doggie sits down next to it.
“It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing.”
Terry Pratchett
As barnum said 'one born every minute'.
johnep
thanx Sir Dispensalot..
The only other question I would have 'sir dispensalot' is "Do any pharmacist still stock coproxamol if my doctor gave me a script?
On behalf of Sir D, the short answer is "NO".
Few and far between, but can be ordered once the GP has been informed that it is unlicensed. Only takes a day or two.
Jeff
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