International compounding regulations — anyone have experience?

paige_pharma said:

Resolution therefore closed the doors unevenly, and the asymmetry follows from the bulks lists.

International shipping tracking for cross-border ordering orders: my experience with customs in the US when ordering from overseas:

Package cleared customs in 2 days, no issues.

Tips: always include a copy of your prescription, declare medication properly on customs forms, keep quantities reasonable (personal use = 3 month supply max), and use a vendor who has experience shipping to your country.

TomFromTexas said:

Worth adding the genuine exception, because it is real and narrow: a change made for an identified patient where the prescriber determines it produces…

This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Taking it to my next appointment.

paige_pharma said:

Resolution therefore closed the doors unevenly, and the asymmetry follows from the bulks lists.

I read this differently from paige_pharma, on substance rather than tone. A research-chemical supplier selling lyophilised powder labelled research use only is not compounding and is not claiming to. It is a different legal universe with no pharmacy oversight, no patient relationship and no content guarantee, and conflating the two in these threads helps nobody.

One concrete data point for the thread. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.

Moderator note: two posts asking for a source have been merged into one. Please search the thread before asking again. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.