F. Y. I. Canadians shouldn't buy Aleve in the U.S.

1st July 2003, 11:24 AM

In article <wJ9Ma.24788$ZS3.2376851@news2.telusplanet.net>, Rob Gordon
<rob_gordon@telus.net> writes
>Didn't think to check before we went to Bellingham this morning and bought a
>small bottle of Aleve. We declared everything at Canada Customs on the way
>back. The Aleve was seized. The officer said something about a
>"blood-thinner" in the product not permitted in Canada.
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>We were given a receipt for the product seized. Customs guy said we were
>the third one today that had to turn over the product. We looked at it
>optimistically, we bought the small bottle so we were not out a lot of
>money. Almost bought the mega size bottle at Costco.
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>Canadians should not by Aleve in the U.S. just before returning to Canada.
>It will be seized by Customs if declared.
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>F. Y. I.
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>Rob
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What is" Aleve?"
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Marie Lewis

3rd July 2003, 01:42 AM

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 05:57:42 +0000 (UTC) in .usa-canada,
ehol@xmission.xmission.com (Eric Holeman) wrote:

> And are any or all of those likewise unimportable? And is Canada fine and
> dandy with codeine as long as it's leavened with a bit of acetaminophen?
>
or aspirin. easy to buy OTC in whitehorse. the pharmacist said
that he sells a lot of it to muricans.

3rd July 2003, 02:48 AM

In article <66i6gvkf999sle493r4jtc5lk8sbmk0ou2@>, Hatunen
<hatuunen@cox.net> writes
>Generic names aren't the same everywhere, of course. "Aspirin" is
>a generic name in the USA but not in other parts of the world.
>And if you are in the UK and want to buy acetominephon/codeine
>capsules you have to buy paracetamol/codeine capsules.
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>I believe "naproxen" is about as generic as you can get for
>Aleve.

Thank you. Then it is only available on prescription in the UK.

Paracetamol and caffeine, which works best for me is, however available
even in supermarkets.
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Marie Lewis