Thanks for the advice. I was wondering if more in less shipments was better than less in more frequent shipments.
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Just ordered to Canada from India - Kachhela MedEx Pvt. Ltd…I’ll report back if it actually shows up. He was super responsive over email over the course of a couple of weeks. He’d had successes and failures getting it past Canadian Customs thru the mail.
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I concur that everyone’s risk/benefit calculations are different. However, elemental contaminants (chromium/arsenic etc) would be addressed by the mass spectroscopy, which has been done on several shipments.
The COP provided by this company, unless fraudulent addresses bacterial contaminants, although there is uncertainty everywhere.
Jared,
I think in general smaller size, smaller volume shipments are better (in terms of probability of successfully reaching you) than larger, higher volume (higher tablet count) shipments.
I suspect that Customs looks at larger packages more closely than smaller packages. We have limited data here. Many people seem to be successful with the 100 tablet to 300 or so tablet shipments. I’ve heard a couple of people with larger orders - see the 600 tablet order that one person had confiscated in NY customs in the “Importing Rapamycin” writeup.
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I think the raw powder would be easier to import. As long as you can find a legit source of pharmaceutical grade. There are companies that are practiced at labeling powders as something else to bypass customs. That’s how I get my NMN and NR by the kg without paying tons of duty. Of course you’d have to make your own capsules.
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Definitely, getting raw powder into any country is probably easier, but the risks are also much higher that you are not getting what you think you are getting.
Did you see the analysis of a broad range of NMN products on Amazon and their purity and actual NMN content?
See this link: Buy Rapamycin Online - List of Reliable Online Pharmacies - #63 by RapAdmin
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OK, it arrived to my home in North Vancouver today from India - Kachhela MedEx Pvt. Ltd. 50 strips of 10 pills, 1mg each. Right around $250 Canadian including shipping, and it doesn’t appear that the box was opened by Canada Customs.
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So in total, 16 days from ordering to having it in my hands. And they have a great tracking site so I could see exactly where it was at all times.
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Nice job! I’ve got 3 different orders on the way from 3 different Indian pharmacies. 
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Hope it works 
You might end up with a 5 year supply!
How long did your package sit at customs? Mine have been there a week so far.
Just curious - what did they identify the package as in the customs forms - I’m assuming something other than pharmaceuticals? Did they label it as “healthcare products” or something like that?
Here’s the tracking details. At Customs about 7 days
Number: EM747593892IN
Package status: Delivered (16 Days)
Country: India → Canada
Destination:
2022-04-20 17:17 NORTH VANCOUVER, Signature available
2022-04-20 17:17 NORTH VANCOUVER,BC, Delivered
2022-04-20 13:44 NORTH VANCOUVER,BC, Item available for pickup at Post Office
2022-04-20 12:46 NORTH VANCOUVER,BC, Notice card left indicating where and when to pick up item
2022-04-20 10:06 NORTH VANCOUVER,BC, Item out for delivery
2022-04-20 08:47 NORTH VANCOUVER,BC, Item processed
2022-04-20 05:42 RICHMOND,BC, Item processed
2022-04-19 18:52 MISSISSAUGA,ON, Item processed
2022-04-18 17:06 MISSISSAUGA,ON, International item released from Customs for processing by Canada Post
2022-04-11 12:55 MISSISSAUGA,ON, Item has been presented to Canada Border Services Agency for customs review.
2022-04-11 12:52 MISSISSAUGA,ON, Item has arrived in Canada and will be presented for review
2022-04-11 12:52 MISSISSAUGA,ON, Item has been presented to Canada Border Services Agency for customs review.
2022-04-05 14:19 INBOMB,India, International item has left originating country and is en route to Canada
2022-04-05 08:51 INBOMB,India, International item processed in originating country
2022-04-04 09:24 IN400001,India, International item mailed in originating country
Origin:
2022-04-20 17:17 V7H, Item Delivery Confirmed
2022-04-20 13:44 105851, Item Received
2022-04-20 12:46 V7J, Not Delivered
2022-04-20 10:06 V7J, Out for Delivery
2022-04-20 08:47 V7J, Item Received
2022-04-20 05:44 V7B, Item Received
2022-04-20 05:42 V7B, Item Received
2022-04-19 18:52 L4W, Item Received
2022-04-18 17:07 TORONTO-A, Item Dispatched
2022-04-18 17:06 TORONTO-A, Item Dispatched
2022-04-12 00:22 CA, Received Receptacle from abroad
2022-04-11 12:55 TORONTO-A, Custom Hold
2022-04-11 12:52 TORONTO-A, Item Received
2022-04-08 02:19 IGI TMO NEW DELHI, Send receptacle abroad (Otb)
2022-04-06 21:45 Delhi AP TMO, Item Received
2022-04-05 14:19 MUMBAI EMS SPEED POST CENTRE, Item Bagged
2022-04-05 08:51 MUMBAI EMS SPEED POST CENTRE, Item Received
2022-04-04 21:44 Mumbai A Zone, Item Dispatched
2022-04-04 21:42 Mumbai A Zone, Item Received
2022-04-04 18:36 MUMBAI FOREIGN POST OFFICE Booking, Item Dispatched
2022-04-04 15:19 MUMBAI FOREIGN POST OFFICE Booking, Item Bagged
2022-04-04 14:54 MUMBAI FOREIGN POST OFFICE Booking, Item Booked======================================
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damn - I’ve chucked the packaging away. It was something like “medical grade pharmaceuticals for personal use”.
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Ok so 7 days in Mississauga. I’m in the GTA so it shouldn’t take but a day to deliver it from there.
I am still waiting for my first shipment of powdered Rapamycin from China to arrive…held at Customs since December 2021, it is certainly TOAST! I don’t know for sure how it was labelled. So I am out $120 US/1g.
I decided to try a different tact 2nd attempt…having vendor send it to a business contact in China first, who nicely repackaged/buried the powder in some plastic samples, then sent off to me directly, arrived no problem (in the event customs has the original vendor/labelling on their “watch list”).
I was able to buy 4g of Rapamycin powder for $220 US on 2nd buy (they gave me a deal to compensate me for the 1st package loss), about 5.5 cents/mg. Of course, I have to do the compounding myself, but the savings is enormous.
I am having this sample 3rd party lab tested, will have results next week. Will post.
I had been ordering 4mg capsules from an Australian outfit, no problem getting it through customs…they did such an excellent job with professional looking supplement bottling, calling it “Rapa-Taurine”. It sure is convenient to just pop capsules.
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Yes - this is another approach that people are using. Some people I’ve heard of have had the Indian Pharmacy products shipped to friends in the US (which seems to be easier to ship to from India than Canada) and then have the friend repackage it and mail it up to them in Canada. About 98% of the volume in the package from India is just packaging - the tablets are only about 1 or 2% of the total size - so they can easily be popped out of the bubble/foil strips the tablets come in (typically 6 or 10 per strip) and placed in a small envelope and mailed.
I’ve been thinking about that. I’ve got family just across the border in Buffalo. Would be easy to go over abs grab it. My wife goes cross border shopping on a regular basis anyway.
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I purchased from the Wuhan lab also with good customer service and no problems with customs. Me, my wife and 2 dogs are on rap, so this was the most economical option for us. I am on 7mg/week with GFJ with no noticeable side effects.
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Have you ever 3rd party tested a sample, or done bloodwork to prove Sirolimus signal, trough levels?