Full Time Travel: Prescription Refills Oxycodone

[hurryupnwait]

I will be traveling out of the country most of the time. I could get hydrocodone in another country. I was wondering how important is it to have a paper trail of prescriptions for the VA. Many of the meds I need do not require a prescription in many countries so there would not be a written document.

[john999]

I don't know if the VA will ship narcotics out of the country. If you go to third world countries they have a great chance of being stolen. I worked for the post office and money orders going registered mail were often stolen going to Mexico or S. America.

[hurryupnwait]

I don't know if the VA will ship narcotics out of the country. If you go to third world countries they have a great chance of being stolen. I worked for the post office and money orders going registered mail were often stolen going to Mexico or S. America.

John I know I could buy many of these meds in Costa Rica without a prescription My question is will the VA think that I am no longer taking these meds if I do not get them from them.

Edited August 28, 2012 by hurryupnwait

[hurryupnwait]

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[john999]

Oh, I see, then by all means ask for the refills. If you get them great and if the VA won't ship them get a foreign doctor to keep records of your refills and scripts so you can submit this evidence to the VA. You want to find a way to create a papertrail any way you can. I think Costa Rica may be OK since they have a modern medical system. Have you asked the VA if they will ship narcotics out of the USA?

[hurryupnwait]

This is the web page for the VA Foreign Medical Program, it discusses how to submit a claim for medical treatment that was received in a foreign country but it does not discuss how to get medications such as hydrocodone that the VA has prescribed in a foreign country . Any one have more info? Am I missing something here?

http://www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/fmp/fmp.asp