Is that legal?
Drive up to the border and walk across on a day trip to the pharmacy. I believe the first few miles into the country are a NAFTA special economic zone with very relaxed paperwork requirements.
https://www.fda.gov/industry/import-basics/personal-importat...
This is probably illegal, but not enforced.
I’m insured so it’d actually be cheaper for me personally to go in to the doctor and ask for a prescription. But I got tired of taking time out of my day for this - these are just beta blockers for fuck’s sake.
And what guarantee do you have of their contents?
Nearly all of our (US) pharmaceuticals already come from India anyways. Manufactured there from Chinese bulk precursors.
I trust a third-party GC/MS plot way more than any brand slapped on a package.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_chromatography–mass_spec...
That seems extremely arduous.
The point is that you don't trust this specific supply chain/manufacturer, which is part of the approval process.
"India/China" is not some monolithic entity that is either good or bad, there are some manufacturers that you can trust, and some you cannot.
Quality control in drug manufacturing is what ensures that every single pill has the correct dose, and not some random batch accidentally having 100x the active drug you need - or 0.01%.