How can I find out if my medications will be available in Japan? -

I take two medications Mestinon (Pyridostigmine Bromide) and Prednisone. How can I find out if these two are available in Japan? And is it possible to get my meds shipped to me, in Japan, or is that illegal?

The site below will ship to Japan. http://www.internationalpharmacy.com/en/... You will have to pay a LOT more money if you do it this way unless you are being relocated as an expat and your company will continue your US-based health care coverage. Japanese health care will not. Mestinon is available but is clased as a controlled substance. You ll need a Japanese doctor to presribe it and get a new prescription every 30 days. http://www.tokyokasei.co.jp/catalog/P133... Prednisone is also available: http://www.tokyokasei.co.jp/catalog/P127...

I took my prescription meds bottle for allergies to my local doctor. He did a lookup for the equivalent pharmecuetical available in Japan. The pharmacy provided me the meds.

You can have a 30 day supply shipped to you as long as you have a perscription. It s probably best to pay into the Japanese health care system and let it subsidize your costs though. Cholinesterase inhibitors are something Japanese doctors tend to know quite a bit about. That s what saved lives the day of the Sarin subway attack.