#33

To reduce cost ketoconale or grapefruit juice

#34

ketoconazole has bad side effects i would only use it as a shampoo. But grapefruits are already my favourite fruit since some months.

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#35

Hi kerry! Can you recommend any manufacturer whose product was delivered/lab-tested by you?

#36

www.mesochem.com was suggested by @dan_hayes to me a while ago. I got a quote for rapamycin powder. They seem legit and their quote was 60 USD per gram (10 gram minimum quantity). I did not order at the end as I wanted rapamycin for homemade lotion that I decided to first try from pharmacy to see if it makes sense to order 10 grams of rapamycin.

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#37

There is another rapamycin powder supplier that was used by @Mac for his injection trial. Details here: Sirolimus Powder - 3rd party analysis

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#38

I now have rapamycin pills with a friend in Asia, how to get them into EU or Norway, is the best option that my friend brings it on the flight or send it as letter(s)/package?

Detailed questions:

  1. So I can ask my friend to take rapamycin in a suitcase on the flight to Norway. Is there a risk that my friend will be in trouble? Do the scan the suitcases? Is there a way to pack the rapamycin to reduce the risk of it being stopped? My plan was to ask my friend to get an empty supplement box (for example vitamin C), take out the supplement and replace it with the rapamycin pills.

  2. Send the pills in mail. Should I send to Norway or Sweden? I read on this forum that Sweden could work, and also the Indian supplier wrote that it has worked two times. The package will be sent from the Philippines. Any experience with shipping to Norway or Sweden?

  3. Assuming shipping as private, how should it be done? How should it be declared for customs? Should it be send as multiple letters (not so expensive so this is an option, for example up to 50 gram letters) or in one larger package?
    The user Qurestine on this thread Apr '23 wrote: “I think the customs scan the packages, so even if you try declaring them as private without declaration it wouldn’t get through.”
    Is this the case both to Sweden (EU member) and Norway? Is there a way to package to reduce the risk of it being stopped?

I have been lurking on this forum a while, thanks for all the interesting posts.
Note: I did not manage to get a prescription and just found out now on this forum that it is possible to get a prescription from anyone in the EU:
““EUDoctor’s prescriptions (like all prescriptions done in the EU) are also valid in the UK (source), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway””

Still, rapamycin is much less expensive if purchasing from India.

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#39

You could try getting a prescription for everolimus 10 mg STADA or Sandoz.

Price could be around $270 for 30 tablets.

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#40

I have, twice tried to buy rapamycin from India and have it sent to Sweden. It did not get through. It was stopped in customs and sent back to India. I have not heard of anyone being successful in sending R to Sweden from India. It looks like we have an efficient customs service.

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#41

Get a prescription or buy it next time you’re in Turkey.

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#42
  1. It’s not illegal unless it’s a category A or B prescription drug. If customs stops him, they probably won’t even confiscate it. He could just say he’s a transplant patient. They don’t really care.
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#43

The company in India I contacted wrote “We make the parcel compact by removing the outer packaging and declare it as healthcare products, which make it easier for clearance.”
Could that help with clearance to Sweden?

#44

I dont know if that will help with clearance to Sweden.

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#45

It is seldom the case that pharmacies in India provide a realistic outlook. Their main goal is to sell without guaranteeing that the parcel will be delivered.

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#46

As I have posted before, Türkiye is a nice, friendly and cheap place to get Pfizer 1 mg. pills in a 100 pills box. You’ll probably have to visit more than one eczane - word for pharmacy - in one town if your goal is to get more than one 100 pills box. In my case, they tell you to come back next day or the day after to pick your parcel. Usually no prob, but I can’t tell for other’s experiences there. I guess as time brings rapa into the mainstream for longevity, it will become even easier, I hope, 'cause pharmatourism is the future. :grinning:

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#47

I’m from Switzerland, which is in the center of Europe but not in the EU. I have ordered rapamycin from an Indian pharmacy twice and it went through the customs without problems.

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#48

Lucky you. I live in Spain and here customs are a pain in certain part of the hooman anatomy, if you get my meaning. Glad it is not your case.

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#49

What is the price in Turkey, if I may ask? No prescription needed?

#50

Indeed Customs here is really exaggerated; couldn’t even get some normal cosmetic products from US as I didn’t have special cosmetic licence … tried then with a friend hairdresser to get it through him but didn’t work either, a special business cosmetic licence was needed for getting it released from customs :no_good_woman:t2: tried it twice and got shipped back twice :sob: To Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy never any issues …

Often Spain is one of the countries to which US companies do not even ship ( eg Blueprint : to Italy and Belgium yes but Spain excluded: when I asked them why , they said they had encountered too many issues at customs for the moment but that they were looking into it again )

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#51

No, it’s prescriptionless, that’s a good reason, apart from the obvious ones, for Türkiye to be a place to visit. Last time I paid 150€ for each 100 pill box.

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#52

Very good price. Ok, thank you.