Yes Testosterone will result in seizure of the entire shipment as it is a DEA controlled substance. If you didn’t have that, it would have passed through just fine. They will send you a threatening letter, and I’d say in general, don’t give them more reason to look at you. But getting a resend of the non-controlled substances is generally not an issue.
If you want Testosterone, just get if from onshore warehouses with HGH.to or XRoids.to - but don’t have it send again through customs as there are risks of prosecution.
Or simply get a physician to Rx your testosterone in the U.S.
My urologist just wrote me an Rx for testosterone using a GoodRx coupon, which enabled us to bypass insurance. The cost was about the same as an order from India.
If you can get a similar drug locally at a reasonable price, I’d prefer that over ordering from India. So far, Rapamycin, statins and testosterone seem to be prescriptions that you can source locally.
Bempedoic Acid and Empagliflozin unfortunately seem to be too expensive and need to be ordered from India.
An update on my GoodRx prescription for tesosterone gel versus an order of from India:
The imported gel consisted of 1% testosterone in 10-gram packets, whereas my physician-prescribed domestic product has 1% in a packet of 2.5 g. So I’m taking only a fourth of what I took before.
I didn’t discuss doses with my urologist, but for both subjective and empirical reasons, I am not unhappy with the 2.5 g. I think the 10 grams was too much. It raised my T level to about 800 ng, making me more aggressive for one and giving me shoulder acne for another. Testosterone has also been implicated in higher BP and an increase in uric acid, symptoms that I struggle with. I will know for sure when I have my acid level checked in about a month.
These negative sides-effects notwithstanding, I did experience all the benefits of higher T. I hope that they continue with the lower dose.
I have an atypical shipping event (according to my India supplier, Apple), and wanted to report in case it might be useful.
I made two orders with Apple, separately, on 11/11 & 11/23, the first being rapamycin (Rapacam sirolimus), 400ct, shipped 12 days before the 2nd package, which was another thing entirely, and smaller.
Both packages arrived together (with correct quantities) yesterday.
The rapa-400ct package had been cut open and re-taped. Also, taped onto the lable side, was a sticky-type note which read in semi-legible cursive “sirolimus”.
My supplier has never seen this before. He assumes it was US customs. If so, they opened the package, saw what it was, labled it, retaped it, and let it go through.
Because I have been assuming that if customs got a look at my rapa, they’d confiscate, I’m pleasantly surprised at this outcome. I don’t know what it means, but I thought it might be useful to share.
So grateful for this! Having never ordered from another country i am trying hard to find someone safe and reliable. Have read so much my eyes are starting to cross. You have mentioned Maulik Parek but i couldnt find a post showing what company he is with. May i ask who he works for and if you could share his contact info please? Also, does this company take paypal? I have crypto but would much prefer to use paypal as it is so much easier, at least for me. Thank you again for taking the time to share!
Great! So Biocon is what Maulik sells. From what i have been reading Biocon or Zydus seem to be everyones “favorite” for some reason. Thanks again and Happy New Year!
This is why people like to buy their medications from India (if not covered by insurance):
Drugmakers raised the list prices on 575 name-brand drugs in just the first two days of the new year, according to drug price research firm 46brooklyn. Drugs for diabetes, HIV, cancer saw price hikes, among others.
For years a 10% annual price hike was fairly normal, but they’ve started coming down in recent years. This year’s median price hike so far is only 4%, says Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn.
Hello Desertshores - sent a reply to your email that was in my “inbox” . Thank you for bringing attention to this posting that way. I am hoping to order some rapamycin tomorrow (was hoping today but another assignment usurped its place.) Sure do hope to get some soon. My hope is that it will help to prevent the generation of internal scar tissue after my knee revision surgery. Unfortunately my system seems to classify implants as “foreign objects” to be coated with tissue in order to protect that area of my body, I tend to develop adhesions etc., so it may be an overactive immune system reaction, which rapamycin may be able to prevent. Here’s hoping!!
ElViejo, I recently made an order to test the process. Through IndiaMart.com vendors are now charging additional fees for US Tariffs in some manner. All except maybe one or two who provided quotes for my purchase seem to be back to using India Post for shipping. Some may offer shipping through Dubai. I asked at least one vendor how his shipments to the US were going, but I received no response. If all goes well this shipment should arrive within 3 to 4 weeks, but I am anticipating problems. As I said, it’s just a test.
Here are the results of the “test order” I made. The order was paid for on Oct. 16, 2025 and arrived in my mailbox on Nov. 10, 2025. I believe that’s 26 days which is definitely longer than usual. It appeared to be in limbo most of that time which according to my research may have been an extensive stay in Zurich waiting to get on an airplane and an extensive wait at JFK to get into Customs. ParcelsApp.com kept repeating the Zurich to JFK flight message every 3 days for a few weeks. From what I could find out most of these shipping messages are electronically generated and when the package wasn’t actually found to be at JFK the computer simply generated the Zurich to JFK flight message again. Then, all action went totally silent for about a week before I saw “Arrived at USPS Regional Facility, Queens, NY Distribution Center” which means it had apparently passed through Customs and was going through the postal system. So, the only obvious problem to me was a week or two of extra time for delivery.
