FDA Drug Import News

Import Rules Regarding Personal Medicine Orders:

Current FDA policy is not a law or a regulation, but serves as guidance for FDA personnel.

The importation of certain unapproved prescription medications for personal use may be allowed in some circumstances where these factors apply:


    1). The Drug is for personal use and is a 3-month supply or less and not for resale or commercialization.

    2). If no drug commercialization or drug promotion to U.S. residents by pharmacy companies involved in the distribution of the necessary drug exists.

    3). If an individual seeking to import the drug affirms in writing, that it is for the patient's private use and provides the name and address of the licensed American physician responsible for treatment.

    4). Provides evidence that the drug is for continuation of a treatment begun in a foreign country.

    5). The intended use is for a serious condition for which effective treatment may not be available domestically.

    6). If the product is not considered to represent an unreasonable health issue.

    7). Overnite FedEx shipments require copy of your identification and the prescription.

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Hurricane JOVA

Photos: Hurricane lashes Mexican resort cities on Pacific coast

Hurricane Jova swept inland on Wednesday after making landfall as a Category Two storm on Mexico's Pacific coast late on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain that threatens to cause flash floods and mudslides.

Central Puerto Vallarta, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico on October 12, 2011. Stores and businesses were boarded up and bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Jova, a powerful storm that forecasters said could unleash torrential rains and life-threatening mudslides.

 

 

Photo credit: AP | Toppled trees and a vehicle are caught in the flood waters of a main intersection in Villa de las Garzas, Mexico on Wednesday Oct. 12, 2011. Jova slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 2 hurricane early Wednesday, swamping beach towns and causing floods in the mountains above before dropping to tropical storm force as it swept past Puerto Vallarta. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

 

Manzanillo, in Colima State, Mexico on October 11, 2011. Mexico was bracing Tuesday for the arrival of Hurricane Jova, a powerful storm that forecasters said could unleash torrential rains and life-threatening mudslides.

Photograph by: ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP/Getty Images

 

Puerto Vallarta October 12, 2011. Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico's main Pacific port with torrential rain on Wednesday, inundating several popular beach resorts and felling trees along the coast.

Photograph by: Carlos Jasso, Reuters

 

View of the seafront in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Mexico on October 12, 2011. Hurricane Jova barreled into Mexico's Pacific coast late Tuesday, according to the national weather service, unleashing torrential rains and threatening devastating mudslides.

Photograph by: Hector Guerrero, AFP/Getty Images

 

View of the beach at the Manzanillo, in Colima State, Mexico on October 11, 2011. Mexico was bracing Tuesday for the arrival of Hurricane Jova, a powerful storm that forecasters said could unleash torrential rains and life-threatening mudslides.

Photograph by: ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP/Getty Images

 

View of the seafront at the Barra de Navidad community, Jalisco State, Mexico on October 11, 2011. Mexico’s bustling port city of Manzanillo was bracing Tuesday for the arrival of Hurricane Jova, a powerful storm that forecasters said could unleash torrential rains and life-threatening mudslides.

Photograph by: ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP/Getty Images

 

People watch the heavy swell brought forth by hurricane Jova at Barra de Navidad community, Jalisco State, Mexico on Tuesday.

Photograph by: Alfredo Estrella, Afp-Getty Images, Reuters

 

Tourist walk along a street at Barra de Navidad community, Jalisco State, Mexico on October 11, 2011. Mexico’s bustling port city of Manzanillo was bracing Tuesday for the arrival of Hurricane Jova, a powerful storm that forecasters said could unleash torrential rains and life-threatening mudslides.

Photograph by: ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP/Getty Images