Disclaimer
This page explains the limits of Personal Import Facts. The site is an educational resource about legal, regulatory, safety, and practical risks. It is not legal advice, medical advice, an importation guide, or a source of instructions for obtaining prescription medication.
Importing prescription drugs into the United States is generally prohibited under federal law. FDA enforcement policies and agency discretion do not create a legal right to import medication, do not guarantee that a shipment will be admitted, and do not eliminate possible enforcement, seizure, or safety risks.
1. No legal advice
The information on this site is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Reading this site, contacting the Editorial Board, submitting a correction, or using any site material does not create an attorney-client relationship. No communication with the site is a confidential or privileged attorney-client communication. For advice about a specific situation, consult a U.S.-licensed attorney familiar with FDA, customs, controlled-substance, and healthcare-compliance issues.
2. No medical advice
Nothing on this site is medical advice. Where the site describes clinical or medication-safety matters, it describes general risk concepts and patient-education frameworks, not guidance for any individual patient. Do not rely on this site to start, stop, substitute, import, or change any medication. Consult a licensed prescriber or pharmacist about medical decisions, and contact emergency services in an emergency.
Patients often focus on cost when considering medication obtained outside the regulated U.S. supply chain. Clinical concerns may include product authenticity, storage conditions, manufacturing oversight, labeling differences, substitution risk, continuity of care, and the ability of healthcare professionals to verify what was actually received. Cost considerations should be weighed alongside these patient-safety factors.
3. No endorsement of any source
The site does not recommend, endorse, refer, or direct any reader to any pharmacy, importer, online seller, supply channel, assistance program, buyers’ club, or other source, foreign or domestic. Personal Import Facts earns no revenue from any importation transaction. Where the site discusses entities named in public federal enforcement records, those references describe the public record and are not characterizations of any current conduct. The absence of a source from a federal enforcement record is not an endorsement, safety finding, legality finding, or quality finding.
4. No importation instructions
The site does not provide instructions on how to obtain, possess, import, distribute, transfer, or resell prescription drugs. Any discussion of federal statutes, regulations, agency guidance, enforcement actions, or public records is provided to explain regulatory risk and should not be read as a pathway, safe harbor, approval, authorization, eligibility determination, or prediction of how an agency will act in any particular case.
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6. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Personal Import Facts, its Editorial Board, reviewers, and contributors are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from use of, or reliance on, the site, whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, statute, or any other theory. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some limitations may not apply to a particular reader.
7. Governing law and reader responsibility
This site is intended for a United States audience and focuses on U.S. federal law, federal agencies, and federal enforcement materials. Readers are responsible for complying with the laws applicable to them in their own location and circumstances. Nothing on this site should be treated as a determination that any conduct is lawful, permitted, approved, or free from enforcement risk.
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9. Changes to these terms
Personal Import Facts may revise this disclaimer. Material revisions will be reflected in the “Last reviewed” date. Minor formatting, accessibility, typographic, or link-maintenance edits may not be separately noted. Continued use of the site after a revision indicates acceptance of the revised terms.
Relationship to page-level disclaimers
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Last reviewed: June 8, 2026.