is it legal to buy prescription drugs over internet if you live in uk?

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Generally yes: provided they aren't on the Home Office list of restricted/illegal drugs, ie cocaine hydrocloride, diamorphine etc. Also, in some cases, things like anorobic steroids are controled etc. Customs may not seize quantities of the later catagory unless they appear to be for purely recreational use or are considered to be in potentially commercial quantities (ie its up to you to prove they are only for personal uses). No matter what, I wouldn't risk it - the reason that most of these drugs are prescribed in the first place is that they are potentially life threatening if self-prescribed and countless analysis of these drugs have shown many to be everything from harmless placebos to poor copies to highly toxic, containing everything from caffiene to strycnine and worse.

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I wouldn't have thought so, you need a prescription, signed by your GP, (who needs to actually see you to make a diagnosis) to get prescription drugs.

I dont think its illegal, but its definitely not recommended.

I saw a atchdog programme about it, and ALL of the drugs they sent off for were either completely worthless or they were wrong dosage mixed with other crap.

What is it you are after?

Who is going to stop you buying something in your own home?Remember what these people want is your money so they will sell you anything.Myself i wouldn't take the chance,you don't know what you could be taking.It may be more expensive from your local chemist but a lot more safer.

Yes you can order over the internet, but it is a dangerous thing to do. In this country there are ways they police what goes into the tablets (I don't know the right terms so am using my own words). some of the tablets sold abroad are not what they seem, they could have half the dosage advertised, or be extremely dangerous by having arsenic etc., in them.

I think if you want to buy anything, go on holiday to a country where you can buy medication legally over a pharmacists counter.

Its not a good idea as firstly you dont know what you are getting, and secondly, if the drugs are genuine, you dont know what the side effects are or wether they are right for you. The GP's job is to decide that for you. They have the experience and extremely high salaries that allow them to do this. All you can go on is what other people say and what the website that sells them says.
Think about it

It is illegal to get any POM (prescription only medication) except via the established route of getting a genuine prescription from a certified practitioner and having the prescription dispensed from a pharmacy. You cannot legally buy POMs on the internet. They are prescription only for a reason - your own protection.

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