This is just a guess, but I imagine the tracking is not done because the FDA does not take kindly to importing drugs in this manner. When you or I order pills from foreign countries, no matter how legit the need may be, we run the risk of running up against a system that would prefer we pay retail prices in the United States. I know of some fairly recent examples of the US government working with foreign governments to track down and close operations selling meds at cheaper than retail prices to Americans via offshore pharmacies. That doesn't excuse having to wait so long for something you've paid for, but it could help explain the lack of tracking.

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