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If you're going to go for a two year supply, it's probably better to just risk shipping it. You're not going to come home with that much without it getting confiscated, and you're way more likely to be searched individually than a typical package is.

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With de minimis for US-bound packages suspended I suspect way more packages are inspected than used to be.

> With de minimis for US-bound packages suspended I suspect way more packages are inspected than used to be

But a smaller fraction.

If you’re paranoid, route it via the UAE. All my European and Indian shippers are doing that for tariff-free pricing. (Personal stuff. I’ll pay a customs duty if I get it, of course.)

You can import from UAE without paying any duties or fees?

At least for wine, furniture, cheese, olive oil, art, kitchen equipment and medicine, at least from Italy and Germany and India and Taiwan, in the last six months, allegedly.

I mean that entire region has bought the president, even got themselves a military base being built on American land now too.

So why not.

> got themselves a military base being built on American land now too

As a European I'm as critical of the US government as can be and their president has definitely been bought, but there are already several countries that have some training facilities and military personnel in the US.

Calling it a foreign military base is really unnecessarily hyperbolic. And given the amount of military bases that the US have on foreign land, the outrage also seems a bit misplaced.

I suspect he was repeating a soundbite and doesn’t know the actual (entirely reasonable) situation.

For those downvoting: we sell fighter jets to many countries, including the UAE. They send pilots here to train on flying these jets. Those pilots need a place to stay.

For their own security protocols, among other reasons, many partner nations prefer to have a small area set up, think of it like a consulate, where their people stay within their own jurisdiction, rather than a hotel. The UAE is setting up such a place for its pilots.

That is all.

This isn’t a force-projection military base on US soil.

Higher enforcement demands probably lead to more stuff slipping through.

You should be able to travel with a 90 day supply without issue.

Not an American but there’s only very limited circumstances you can travel across the border home to the USA with foreign prescription drugs, right? And this scenario wouldn’t cover it. Unless you just meant they won’t get caught or maybe not fined or confiscated in practice? :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638316

That's mainly for visitors. If you're a US resident, you can't just buy medicines abroad, unless of course we are talking about the "they won’t get caught" scenario.

US residents can buy medicines abroad the FDA link says personal importation is allowed as long as the medicines are FDA approved and are not being imported for commercial purposes. Now in the context of the original post maybe generic versions of Ozempic won't technically be FDA approved yet if the company that produces it has to wait for the US patent to expire.

The FDA approved version may be significantly cheaper to compete with the generic brands.

I also wonder if only the "active ingredients" need to be FDA approved, and the packaging is irrelevant?

Of course you can buy medicine abroad and legally bring 90 day doses.

More over, you can order and ship medicine, including ozempic and zepbound, using American prescription from Canadian online pharmacies. For some drugs it’s quite cheaper than paying American prices.

Sounds like an opportunity for non-residents.

The major legal question for generic Ozempic imports will be, did Novo Nordisk buy Trump coins or donate to the White House ballroom?

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