The package arrived only taking about 10 days longer than usual. I never saw any US tracking until it was here.
But now there’s the added difficulty of the new laws restricting imports. So I’m at a loss as to what to do. I have less than a one year supply of everything I need and don’t like that.
There is a public advocacy group doing the same thing… some good ideas and information here:
From the website:
You Will No Longer Be Able to Import Your Medicines Starting Oct. 22, 2026 – and We Need Your Help to Fight This
New U.S. Customs Policy Set to Block International Prescription Shipments, and How You Can Help
A new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policy beginning on Oct. 22, 2026, will virtually block all personal prescription medication parcels sent by pharmacies outside the U.S., including those from Canada. Here’s what you need to know:
Q. What is this new policy?
A. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a new rule titled Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry that will effectively end the ability of millions of U.S. consumers to personally import their prescription medicines.
Q. What will the rule do?
A. We have been advised that, under its planned implementation by CBP and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shipping medicine to the U.S. will be prohibited in almost all circumstances. The restrictions are expected to apply to pharmaceutical parcels sent by pharmacies anywhere outside the U.S.
Q. Will it affect my ability to order my prescriptions from Canada?
A: Yes, the rule will prevent people in the U.S. from getting their personal prescription medicines from Canada or any other country.
Q. Why is the government doing this?
A. The CBP is taking a new stance claiming personal prescription importation doesn’t comply with FDA guidelines – even though FDA has permitted personal medicine importation for decades. Presumably, the rule was initially set to better screen for illegal narcotics or undervalued merchandise that was avoiding proper tariffs, however CBP has said it will now also prevent personal prescription medicines from being delivered to the U.S.
Q. What will my options be if this rule is enforced?
A. Consumers will need to purchase from a U.S. pharmacy and pay U.S. retail prices for their medicines – regardless of their ability to afford them – or likely go without. The rule is focused on enforcement of strict regulations that the FDA previously acknowledged for decades should be measured in a discretionary manner so that Americans don’t have to abandon their treatments due to cost.
Q. What is CPPI doing to oppose this rule?
A. CPPI is fighting this rule from being implemented or enforced through Congress, the media, and public awareness. The federal government needs to continue to allow personal prescription medicine importation, letting millions of Americans to continue getting their life-saving and life-enhancing medicines at prices that are much more affordable than buying them in the U.S.
Q. What can I do to help?
A. Please send a letter to your member of Congress! Click here to easily do that. You can also serve as impacted citizens the media can interview to show the negative effects of this rule. To be a media resource, add your information here. You could write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper to bring additional attention for your Congressional members. Also, you can tell a friend and ask them to help in this fight. If they join CPPI (it’s free) at this link or by visiting www.personalimportation.org/join, they’ll be sure to get our update emails for future updates.
Q. How can I get updates?
A. CPPI will email updates to our members and how they can help with our campaign to fight this crippling new rule. Be sure you have joined CPPI at www.personalimportation.org/join to receive those emails. We will also post updates on this website.
Maulik says packages are arriving in the USA and getting delivered, although I see a member here stating customs is dallying over his Maulik package.
However, he is not shipping astaxanthin or lemborexant.
His Eris rapamycin prices are as low as ever, but there is no guarantee attached to the shipment (no percent that he will cover and re-ship).
Does anyone know of or better recommend a pharmacy that’ll ship out of China or similar? I’ve been let down by some of the Indian ones other people had success with. I’m in NZ.
Maulik just assured me that an order placed now will pass through U.S. customs before the blockade takes effect. So, I’m considering a large order. Maulik’s Wise payment instructions require me to send my $$$ to an account holder at Revolut Bank UAB in Vilnius, Lithuania.This gives me pause. Am I safe doing so?
See this thread (scroll through the entire thread) of one of our community members from China discussing where he buys it (what apps he uses). But I have no idea if they ship out of the country, to the USA. Definitely something to look into, please post if you learn anything about this… How much are you guys paying for Rapacan (Eris/Biocon) from India / China?
Maulik is a trusted vendor. I have ordered from him for years without any problems. I am currently ordering 4 more packages from him (2600 tabs) for me and my parents.
My latest order from Maulik has past through customs and is out for delivery. The package was posted on Sept. 19th. Oddly, the USPS tracking lost track of it for a while, then suddenly it arrived at its destination.
I will be ordering another package from Maulik before Oct 22, though I think Oct 22 will be a big nothing burger.
Yeap you better believe it. Same as the war on drugs few decades ago LOL.
I just tried to place an order with R L Pharma, and Jagdish informed me that USA government is now requiring prescriptions for all shipments to USA. So he isn’t taking orders for rapamycin or anything else without a prescription.
Jagdish is a very reliable, but very by the book fellow. For example, he wouldn’t ship the branded version of dapagliflozin, because that’s against Indian law, instead he was happy to send a generic - as I wanted the branded version (for my cat), I ordered it from a different Indian vendor.
If he continues the by the book practice wrt. needing a prescription, there will be a percentage of his customers who can’t/won’t be able to get a prescription. That means he will lose that part of his customers. In that scenario, I will be someone who will no longer order from Jagdish as it’s a hurdle I don’ want to deal with. I don’t know how large this customer number is, but FWIW, I have ordered literally thousands of $ worth of meds from him, and am - I think - a pretty big and regular customer. But who knows? Maybe he actually doesn’t make that much from his overseas customers and it’s a rounding error to him, in which case, no biggie for either side.
Always keep in mind: nothing is forever. I have bought from many vendors, and many I had to stop buying from for various reasons. Jagdish I bought from the longest - but this may be the end of the road. Sometimes your mutual needs just don’t coincide and you part ways. A very - until now - reliable vendor I was using has not responded to my email asking about his current status of shipping to the USA, and he has not responded in several days. I am debating whether to contact him again - ordinarily such radio silence is a “goodbye” from me, we’re done. But I really liked this vendor and maybe somehow he missed my email or was on vacation or whatnot, so I’m considering one more attempt. But my bottom line is that vendors are good until they’re not and it’s on to the next one. Of course, we live in very special times right now, things are up in the air due to the horrendous actions of our government, so I may just elect to sit back and let everything sort itself out one way or another. We may need to adjust or find new ways of getting our medications, but the fight continues - I for one am not just going to sit under a tree and croak. YMMV.
Aviora Exim–someone here mentioned them–was the best communicator of the people I’ve been corresponding with in the last few days. Also he is continuing to offer a 50% reship guarantee, while others are understandably no longer making any guarantees. So I placed what order I could with him and plan to place small orders with Maulik and Laxminarayan as well in early October.
I’ll have to cancel a Black Friday purchase that I’ve been waiting a year to make, but I’m really not well-situated for even a short break in the supply chain. I’m so grateful for the people here and the weekly forum updates for keeping me in the loop about this danger.
And I am obviously concerned that the break in the supply chain only be short. I’m not like most people here chasing longevity (though I’d love to be focusing on optimizing health!) but, rather, need a lot of medications for chronic disability purposes. Insurers now cover fewer and fewer meds, and I don’t have access to the specialists who might prescribe others. So India had suddenly become a lifeline for me, and I’d been plotting how I might build a proper stock over the next two years (alas).
Jagdish, unlike many other suppliers, is a licensed pharmacist. Maybe he doesn’t want to put his license in danger.
Do you know his name and website? Aviora Exim is an agricultural exporting company.
This their insta page for overall info Instagram
plus their WhatsApp I posted earlier. Never asked him for a name but he’s very reliable and very nice also (as noted above by someone else also) and in products I was interested in he was very competitive/same as his competition. That should be good enough for you/anyone interested in buying meds. I know you prefer email but never asked him for one.
if someone gets an email for Aviora please share. I am also thinking of ordering through Maulik, as I see others mentioned here that he is still shipping.
Maulik is probably your best bet at this time. iMHO
This was the post where I found him:
On another platform I was told it will cost $7 to include a prescription with your order. 
There are remote pharmacies who will prescribe things.