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You can buy it from health food suppliers overseas but customs confiscates.
I need this. I’m autistic and can’t ever sleep.
You can get it by script but it costs $35 to ask for a script and $30-$50 for the melatonin because it is unsubsidised. My 400 a week doesn’t cover it so I’m homeless and so very AWAKE.
When I asked the pharmacist to sell me some, he said no. Apparently there is a rule or law that says if you have a pre existing sleep problem, they can’t! What?
So I’ll use a much more potent, addictive and harmful sleeping pill.
This place is mental. Who sits in an office and makes this stuff up? It’s like a Monty python sketch.
What is going on in their heads?
Why th is it even restricted in the first place? It’s not a classed drug. You can’t become dependent on it.
Are the rule writers being paid by the drug companies?