Alibaba...
A few years back, I was prescribed a anti cancer, prescription drug that costs $4k per box. (5mg per day, 28day day supply).
I went on Ali, and ordered 5lbs of the drug for $100 usd including shipping.
A few years back, I was prescribed a anti cancer, prescription drug that costs $4k per box. (5mg per day, 28day day supply).
I went on Ali, and ordered 5lbs of the drug for $100 usd including shipping.
I would say India for Drugs is not a bad idea - if you're worried it's "from" China.
Open up the phone book. I'm sure you can find one within a day.
Chemists like money. Especially when it's not even a controlled drug.
As someone with only a high school level of chemistry training I would check the melting temperature.
Although seriously get it professionally tested. The delta between USA prices and India/China prices is so high a lab test will barely change the margins.
The first steps would be assay and impurity tests for the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). If you bought tablets you'd probably want to do dissolution as well.
If everything looked fine after that, I'd still be concerned about uniformity. If you just performed dissolution on half a dozen tablets, how do you know all the tablets are the same from the whole supply?
Next question is then stability. What happens to the API over an extended time period? Does it deteriorate due to climate or poor storage conditions?
The main issue is quality control. Even an approved generic has to file with the FDA (or equivalent of wherever you are) concerning processes, batch sizes, critical quality attributes etc.
Then again:
https://peterattiamd.com/katherineeban/
> The story of Ranbaxy: An Indian drug company whose business model was fraud and deceit [40:45]
There are lab services that will run samples through a mass spec and report the results.
Or an insoluble polymorph.
Realistically, a lot of cancer drugs are injectables, ramping up the risk of something going awry when you inject the powder you will have to handle.
You should not buy such important drugs from a dubious source.
Drugs from an official Chinese Pharmacy are probably very safe. If someone sells sugar instead of antibiotics be assured that he might face the death penalty.
Most raw materials are produces in China anyway, even if the medication is obtained from a western company.
BTW, was the cancer medication for injection?
And even if they did believe you it was not cocaine, I would still assume they would not be happy about someone importing a prescription drug.
Nothing like the sensation of dying with placebos knowing that you saved $4k dollars and you are smarter than the other guys. Can be done even cheaper: you could have obtained lots of carrot juice for $50 also. Did not worked for Jobs but maybe in your case could be different, why risk not trying?.
Seriously, don't do this. Even legit chemoterapy can dissolve you from inside and I'm not talking metaphorically. There are reported cases of unexpected and massive organ destruction. Chemoterapy is poison, can kill you faster than cancer if you have a secondary hidden condition.