Where To Buy Tolvaptan?

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I have someone in India asking for this drug since his father is terminally ill from a kidney disease (I am in US). The doctor in a well known hospital there asked to find out if they can buy from somewhere since the alternatives are not working for the patient. He suggested to get from Japan, but they don't have anyone there to contact. Can someone suggest how I can buy this drug in US (I know it has been approved here now), and do I need to consult a doctor to get a prescription? Will he prescribe, even though the patient is in India? Also, can I just get prescription from India and buy online? If not use the prescription (and diagnosis and other documents) to contact a doctor here for more help.

Please give some suggestions. Thanks.

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No, no US doctor will provide a prescription for a patient in India whose medical history he doesn't know and whom he cannot examine.

And yes, since it is a prescription medication, one would be needed in order to obtain it here.

American pharmacies will not likely accept nor fill a prescription from India, either. Since prescribing practices differ and it would be hard for them to contact the doctor.

This is a very new medication, so it will still be quite expensive.

You, or the doctor, can try doing an internet search to see if it is available and can be ordered.

https:/­/­www.medschat.com/­wiki/­Tolvaptan/­

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@Verwon, thanks a lot for reply. Regarding your response, would you please clarify this -

Is it possible that the doctors can prescribe the medication once I provide them (scanned) copies of all the documents (diagnosis, treatment so far, etc) from the doctor in India, also provide a contact for that doctor (email, phone number, etc). Conversely, would the pharmacy consider if I provide full details of doctor, diagonisis, and contact (again email, phone, etc).

Actually, I and the family members of the patient as well as doctor are trying to find a place to buy and have looked online but no luck. They are even trying to contact people in Hongkong and Singapore to see if they can buy them there.

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See, Jatin, what you are running into here is a definite legal issue, having to do with the FDA and doctor's prescribing practices.

Prescribing anything without having seen the patient is something they are definitely NOT supposed to do, no matter how much information they have from any other doctors.

It is possible that you could find a doctor that would do so, but if he did he would be risking his license to practice medicine.

At any time, the FDA is allowed to go in and make a doctor account for EVERYTHING they have prescribed, incuding why they've prescribed it and when and how frequently they have seen the patient.

It is very sad when instances like this occur, but there were doctors that just handed out prescriptions in the past, without having examined the patient and there were many bad outcomes.

Sometimes doctors do consult with each other, calling or faxing information from one hospital to the next, but even then the consulted doctor may make suggestions, but does not actually do the prescribing. All prescriptions are then written and provided by the patients main physician.

I really wish I could help you more with this.

Like I said, you may find someone, but it is would be very hard to do so and very doubtful.

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We are a company dealing in Drugs, Medicines, Medical instruments, etc. in India. We also have an import license. Can we import Tolvaptan? It is manufactured by Otsuka Pharmaceuticals under the trade name of SAMASCA. Please advice.

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Putroppo, ho tratto la spiacevole considerazione che forse questo farmaco e' un'invenzione e che proprio non esista per niente. Non ho mai visto una, dico una confezione, non ci sono farmacie che sappiano qualcosa del farmaco, esistono solo articoli di avvenuta approvazione del farmaco e la Sanofi Aventis che lo aveva inizialmente richiesto come Aquilda ha ritirato la domanda di produzione. Qual'e' il mistero? Si tratta di mistero, di lungaggini burocratiche oppure di Fantsy?

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Putroppo, ho tratto la spiacevole considerazione che forse questo farmaco e' un'invenzione e che proprio non esista per niente. Non ho mai visto una, dico una confezione, non ci sono farmacie che sappiano qualcosa del farmaco, esistono solo articoli di avvenuta approvazione del farmaco e la Sanofi Aventis che lo aveva inizialmente richiesto come Aquilda ha ritirato la domanda di produzione. Qual'e' il mistero? Si tratta di mistero, di lungaggini burocratiche oppure di Fantasy?

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now its also available in india.it come in india as brand name of TOLVAT from msn labs.

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