how illegal is it to order codeine phosphate tabs from UK to the USA for legitimate personal medical use?

I see a ton of codeine phosphate tablets for sale by UK vendors, but none sold by US vendors. I am not interested in alternative opiods. Codeine phosphate is especially good for [SOME] people with (certain) gastrointestinal diseases (UC, Crohns, etc) as it really slows down motility and helps with the pain.

Would this be importation of a schedule 2 substance? Is it a big deal if I'm only importing fewer than 30 tablets of 60mg each or so?


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[3 Points] None:

Buying water off the DNMs is illegal because 1) tax evasion, 2) black market and, 3) did I mention tax evasion yet?

So yes, codeine would be a crime even if for pain. The best you'll get from a judge is "go to the doctor, don't use the black market".


[3 Points] drimilr:

codeine is typically schedule 3 in the states. That covers all the tylenol 1 - 4. the most common rx for codeine is 30mg + 300mg APAP (tylenol 3).

Codeine without any APAP or aspirin or other NSAID is schedule 2. some forms of codeine are schedule 1 as they are used for creating stronger opiates (heroin for example).

the ones you can buy at the pharmacies in the UK are like 8mg/300mg (codeine/paracetomol). and you will likely not have any problem bringing it back to the USA on a plane.

you can find codeine from online indian pharmacies online pretty cheap. you may be able to still find pure codeine tabs.

if customs does snag your package, you wont get anything more than custom seizure letter, well, unless you were ordering shitloads of them.

u/AccntNumbr4 more than likely, you can just hide the containers somewhere in your car. I think the US border agents would confiscate it unless you have an RX with you. Granted, smuggling in the pills would get you in loads of trouble if you got caught, but I don't think they codeine sniffing dogs.

Keep in mind that you can only buy 8mg + APAP up there. And make sure to buy the APAP pills if you can as they work much better for CWE


[2 Points] throwawaymylife991:

Illegal enough that it would most definitely be confiscated at customs if it was opened, but unless it was a huge quantity i can't see a CD coming from something like codeine or modafinil


[1 Points] None:

Digitalpossi2014 sells it on Alphabay but I kind of remember it being expensive.

I redact this recommendation as I went on their profile today and found out that they have a ton of negative reviews coming in.


[0 Points] AccntNmbr4:

as far as i can tell. its a c4. and im very curious about this myself. thiniing about taking a trip to canada and just trying to decalre them at customs.