BAC water in South Africa

[LilaSoren]

I know we’re far and few between on here, but I’m posting for visibility, hopefully one of the 3½ other Saffas on here sees this and can help a gal out 😅

I’m based in South Africa and having a surprisingly hard time sourcing bacteriostatic water. Needles, syringes, sharps bins, alcohol swabs, etc. are all easy to get locally, but bac water is a pain.

So far the only option I’ve found is a single compounding pharmacy (yes, only one) prescription only, and it’s crazy expensive (around $23 USD / ±R400+ for just 5 ml).

Has anyone else in SA found more reasonable access to Hospira bacteriostatic water, or is this just how it’s classified here? Only other option I have since I’m planning on using peps for the next few years is buying some when I travel but I’m not sure how that conversation would unfold at customs if I have luggage just filled to the brim with 30ml vials of water lol.

Would love to hear how other South Africans are handling this.

 

[spookman]

Hi,
So I managed to get 2 x 30ml Hospira vials sent from US via MyUS to me. The final cost was about R800 delivered, but I had an issue at local customs and they detain it wanting more info as it was lables non-prescription medication.
I sent them the literature and expanding its basically sterile water with 0.9% benzyl alcohol to diluter topical creams and serums we apply as a spray to our skin, and suprising enough they release them.

I only order 2 as I didn't want to waste money, but I should have order 5 as the BAC was the cheapest part. If you decide to try this id be keen to split some costs with you and order another 2 or 3 vials.

 

[spookman]

Just found "lab1 research h20" on Amazon dot com
There are some tests out there that this is a good product and they will ship to SA.

 

[LilaSoren]

Hi,
So I managed to get 2 x 30ml Hospira vials sent from US via MyUS to me. The final cost was about R800 delivered, but I had an issue at local customs and they detain it wanting more info as it was lables non-prescription medication.
I sent them the literature and expanding its basically sterile water with 0.9% benzyl alcohol to diluter topical creams and serums we apply as a spray to our skin, and suprising enough they release them.

I only order 2 as I didn't want to waste money, but I should have order 5 as the BAC was the cheapest part. If you decide to try this id be keen to split some costs with you and order another 2 or 3 vials.

The main issue I’ve found is the regulations around shipping liquids into the country. Even the usual vendors don’t ship their Bac water because it almost always gets seized so I’m not sure how forwarding would circumvent that issue? Also if the label on the packaging is what led them to detain the shipment would it be correct to assume that simply putting a different label on there would reduce the risk of seizure?