Scutty is always very ‘establishment’ on these matters...
Others have a different view.
...it’s also true that there has been an occasional hiccup from some Indian suppliers (usually a dodgy retailer rather than the Pharma). And it’s also true that many punters have used established Indian pharmacies, including major, long-standing ones in Bombay, for many years, with excellent products at excellent prices and an online pharmacist to discuss any technical queries, and strict policies on sell-by dates that are as good as the British suppliers, and personal service that in many cases exceeds British suppliers. The fears are grossly exaggerated by enormous cyber campaigns by the major American companies who hate the idea of anyone denting their grossly inflated prices (U.S. meds costs are among the highest in the world).
Not every Indian Pharma or pharmacy is a knock off agency selling strychnine. It’s true that you can get decent stuff at quite good prices in the U.K. now, do it’s hardly worth the bother, plus it’s becoming hardly worth the hassle for upstanding Indian pharmacies when American corporations blackball them with fear-mongering, fake reviews, removing their credit facilities and so on in a never ending war of attrition. If you don’t know the dark side of American pharma marketing, read up on it.
Many products are illegal to sell in Britain without a license and licenses cost money. Some are illegal to import by mail for personal use, some are not. Some are legal to buy abroad and bring into the country for personal use even when it is not legal to buy them mail order. The chance of your stuff getting intercepted simply because it is a generic of a product freely available here and purchased for your personal use is pretty low indeed.
