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When I first started nursing school I was looking for a drug online that wasn't in my drug guide. I came across a few of these "pharmaceutical" sites. They are apparently pretty common, and many claim that you can get all kinds of meds without a prescription.
Just now I typed 'percocet' into my search box and came up with sites that claim you can get it online. This site is by a guy who decided to share all the sites he has actually obtained drugs from:
http://www.website-survey.com/rx/percocet.shtml
Unbelievable. He even admits it is illegal on his site.
It's definitely a legal grey area. I'm a born skeptic, so I'm inclined to think that most of those "pharmacy club" type sites are just out to scam the desperate and the addicted. However, my guess is that yes, one could purchase darn near anything online--there is at least one Mexican pharmacy online that sells Provigil, an Rx alertness drug, online, as I found out while researching the drug.
The trouble would likely be getting it past Customs--although it IS legal to bring in up to 3 months' worth of prescription meds into the U.S., you have to actually bring it in yourself. Obviously, some of these foreign pharmacies are able to get SOME past Customs SOME of the time, but it's a gamble, and the DEA doesn't look kindly on importing controlled substances without a valid, written prescription from a U.S. licenced physician.
So, I'd be very surprised if your relative was actually able to have Percocet mailed to him legitimately. I'd also advise him to keep his mouth shut and not advertise his method of obtaining the drug. Why does he have to go the 'grey' route? If his current physician won't prescribe needed pain meds, then that physician needs to explain, in detail, why he won't do so, and provide other alternatives.
I was shocked too! I had seen a segment of the local news where they had 12 yr old buy vicodin over the internet. I took upon myself to check. Just go to Google, type in Vicodin. You'll find a bunch of places you can order 90 tabs for $100.00. Cheaper than buying them off the street @ $5 to $30 a tab depending on strenght. The form is scary enough. It gets your name, address and cc. I typed in chronic back pain. No exam, nothing. I put in a phony Visa number so that the order would be rejected, but otherwise they approved me on the spot. It wasn't until three-four days later when they emailed me back saying there was trouble with my credit card. I am sure that if I had put in my correct number I'd have had the Vicodin at my front door in the 7-10 days they promised. (It was from a pharmaceutical company in Europe). Scary enough. But on the bright side if we just put a computer in our ED waiting room maybe we could reduce the number of our seekers. No wait a minute, where are they going to come up with a 100 bucks every weekend?
jfpruitt
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My brother in law told me that he just got a Percocet script online. Is this possible? And legal?? This is a first I've heard of this before.