I think that's because of the new FDA regulations on anything med or food coming across the border.It's all under the 'bio-terrorism' act, but clearly much of this is FDA/pharmaceutical interests in keeping Americans buying all drugs here. They are tracking everything in case the new laws they wish for on making pharnaceuticals illegal to import comes to fruition..
It's a bad scene.
I had a very hard time getting a very benign substance (not even a drug, but a nutritional item) across the border, things are a mess over this.
Many countries have stopped shipping food goods becuase of the hassles.
In any event..many off-shore pharmacies are trying to avoid this by brown bagging them, and not claiming they are medicine just to avoid all the importing problems..
otherwise there is a new and very intricate internet form and PDF that you must fill out, and submit prior notice before anything can come through.
Anything can be refused now that does not have a PN form submitted ahead of time.
Unless you have an offshore pharmacy who will allow you to fill out a PN and submit it, plus get the PN to them to attatch to the package..(which would work, but you need them willing to also use the form)
if they don't want to do that they have to chance mailing it as a documant and hope for the best.
It's almost worth getting cheap airfare and opicking it up yourself these days..
or even better of you have a friend in any countries in which it is available who could
mail it to you undeclared.
Here is the scene on FDA and prior notice imports, it is totally enforced now:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~pn/pnoview.html
as you can imagine, the kaos among couriers, dick agents, postal workers, ect is also bad.
I think you may be best with international mail (regular)..but even that is risky.
Pea, they must have sent it back to the shipper..
tho - I bet the shipper has lost alloy of business and some other packages in all of this.
Mo
Bean...can you get it in Mexico? It's only a 72hr treatment if they won't let you back in with it 
[This message has been edited by Mo (edited 09 August 2005).]