Permit to receive prescription medication via FedEx?

[mari99]

Hi,

I recently arrived in the DR for a six month stay, until the end of July. I'm on two prescription medications, one of them being Ritalin which is, of course, a controlled substance. For a number of reasons, including what I take the medication for (narcolepsy, which has few enough specialists in the U.S. I doubt there are many in the DR!), I decided that arranging with my father to have my medications filled in the U.S. and then FedEx'd to me here would be the easiest option. We had thought that all that was needed would be the proper declaration of contents of the package and photocopies of the prescriptions. Today, FedEx told my father that I would need to get a permit from the Dominican Health Department in order to receive the package. Does anyone know anything about this permit, or where I could find more information in English? I don't speak or read Spanish, so I'm having difficulty finding the information online myself. ANY help would be very much appreciated!!

Thank you,
Marissa

[Hillbilly]

I do not think you will have any problem as long as there is no sign on the package that says :"Controlled Substance" Or you could have it sent to a friend in the states and then have the friend resend it in a "brown paper wrapper"....As long as the value is kept under 100$$ they won't bother you...as a general rule.

HB

[carrie]

I sent you a private message.