Shipping prescription drugs to DR

[AlterEgo]

So, how do you all do that?

We have enough until end of April but if we get stranded here by coronavirus we’ll need refills. Daughter can mail them. I was thinking fedex despite the cost. We don’t have a courier, but could get one. We’d need fast service, because one of them is supposed to be refrigerated.

I also dont want to wait because I’m thinking the couriers use airlines? And if they stop flights????

 

[Cdn_Gringo]

Mailing Prescription Drugs Internationally
Another big category of items that can’t be shipped internationally are prescription drugs.

In order to ship medications that are prescription strength, you need to go through a number of complicated procedures. The drugs will also need to be shipped commercially by an approved carrier.

If you’re an individual, you won’t be able to ship prescription medications.

http://www.gilbertusa.com/can-you-ship-it-a-guide-to-international-shipping-restrictions/

Shipped from an approved distributor via an approved carrier, it should be possible. Not sure how much hassle it is to find a company to send to the DR. The courier companies that collect items in Miami for forwarding might have an issue.

 

[Drro]

There are some good pharmacies here, can you not get them there, or have them get the prescription for you? Maybe on the North Coast and they could send via Caribe Tours or Metro?

 

[TheViking]

IF it is really nescessary AND it is not available here (somebody "I know" get their prescripted medicine with no prescription here) I would go Fed Ex. Most of the couriers has a some now and then errors on deliveries, Pick'n'send took 3 months on some banking equipment last year in my case..

 

[AlterEgo]

IF it is really nescessary AND it is not available here (somebody "I know" get their prescripted medicine with no prescription here) I would go Fed Ex. Most of the couriers has a some now and then errors on deliveries, Pick'n'send took 3 months on some banking equipment last year in my case..

My sister-in-law is a pharmacist, and at least one of my prescriptions is not available here in my dosage. It would have to be ordered from Spain. And no flights from there probably means no drug. The rest are probably available here but rumors about fakes scare me. Some are really expensive here too, whereas insurance covers them in USA.

 

[Cdn_Gringo]

Stick with reputable pharmacies. Inspect the packaging closely. Look for a D.I.N. number which should match your medication from home. Verify the expiration date and look at the seals on the package if any. Those too should be identical to what you get at home if you are buying a name brand product.

If available here, get some now to give you more time as you figure out other arrangements.

 

[USA DOC]

..I have found no problems with prescription drugs here.. if not available over the counter, go to a Doctor in that field and show him a empty drug bottle from your home.. They will charge you about $500 pesos for a Dominican prescription and now you have a Doctor here..and the price at tourist areas is higher...

 

[Tonchi]

I have had ZERO problems ordering from Express Scripts and sending them through CPS. Just send them the invoice and you get the drugs..

 

[CristoRey]

I've known people living on the
North Coast who've told me one
thing they enjoy about living on
the North Coast is prescription
drugs are very easy to purchase
(cash in hand) without having a
written prescription/ doctor's approval.

 

[johne]

I've known people living on the
North Coast who've told me one
thing they enjoy about living on
the North Coast is prescription
drugs are very easy to purchase
(cash in hand) without having a
written prescription/ doctor's approval.

Curious as to why "North Coast". Is it different in other parts of DR? Why?

 

[NanSanPedro]

Curious as to why "North Coast". Is it different in other parts of DR? Why?

It's the same here in the south. Just ask for what you want and they sell it to you. No scripts needed. I don't know about painkillers and narcotics.

 

[RDKNIGHT]

once again if you grease the wheel you mostly like can get any pharmaceutical drug here... I hate to keep saying this but its how the country is... always check the expired date of the bottles ... with that being said any thing you buy here you should check the expired date......

 

[SNH]

So, how do you all do that?

We have enough until end of April but if we get stranded here by coronavirus we’ll need refills. Daughter can mail them. I was thinking fedex despite the cost. We don’t have a courier, but could get one. We’d need fast service, because one of them is supposed to be refrigerated.

I also dont want to wait because I’m thinking the couriers use airlines? And if they stop flights????

Fedex,UPS is overkill!

Get an bmcargo account and ship it to the miami address they give you. Have used walmart pharmacy online to ship direct they use usps to bmcargo address many years. DR customs does't care about small cheap things.

Passenger airline flights are the ones cancelled. Not cargo. Aeropaq and Bmcargo are still receiving packages. You just have to use the locations with the drive thru's.