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Anyone been to a Mexican Pharmacy? If not, it's basically a free market of anything you might want in the way of pharmaceuticals, including all of the things that get abused here in the US. You can walk in off the street and buy Zanex, Percocet, even anabolic steroids.....you name it.

So, does Mexico have the same opioid abuse problem as the US?


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Probably not.

They know there is no pure food and drug law. God knows what you are getting in those places.




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more than a few of the mobile home parks in and around Phoenix have a bus line that takes the elderly to Mexico , every so often.

They were bringing back so many drugs that they ( the feds) had to put a limit on the amounts and they had to have doctors prescriptions when crossing the border on the bus.

I moved just prior to taking the ride down.

i.i.r.c. they paid the bus company $35.00 and tipped the bus driver $10.00,
and still save 2/3's on all the drugs.


30 old farts climbing on a bus with 30 other old farts to go buy drugs was quite a sight





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I pick up some of this cream every few years when I am there.
 
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Having lived in Mexico for a year, I have seen all sorts of pharmaceuticals bought by gringos. I never saw or heard of a drug problem in San Miguel de Allende other then the illegal drug issues. Most of what I saw was amoxicillin, viagra, steroids, HCG, liquid B12, etc. the stuff was plentiful and cheap.



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would have to think the quality is 'questionable'

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would have to think the quality is 'questionable'

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Probably not.

They know there is no pure food and drug law. God knows what you are getting in those places.


That is a problem as I understand it. Some sell the genuine article, others do not.




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Many times. I go to Garcia's Department Store and Pharmacy in Matamoros. It's very clean, has a nice restaurant, some quality gifts, and reliable medicine. All the staff speak excellent English, too.

All I get are antibiotics. Usually, they're from a well-known company, with the only difference is a Spanish (sometimes bilingual) label with a Mexican plant address for a (say) division of Pfizer.

Anyone questioning the purity of the drugs should know that tainted stuff is sold here. https://fox6now.com/2018/07/30...om-stores-worldwide/
 
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When I was in the navy, most of Asia was the same way. Anything pretty much. Counterfeits can be a problem. Nogales was always OK for us.


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My neighbor had to have four teeth pulled and four new ones anchored in .

even with two trips to a dentist in Mexico,
he still only paid a third of the cost of an American dentist.

He said the office was really nice as was the motel he stayed in





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I've been many times. Opioids or heavy painkillers were never for sell. Pretty much every other drug was available without prescription. MUCH cheaper than the US. like maybe 70% less. Now ANY other drug is available on the street. Frequently right outside the farmicia.


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I've been in a Mexican grocery store.
That was more than enough for me.


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We used to get some of our meds from a Mexican Pharmacy and also found a very good dentist in Aqua Prieta (Sonora), across from Douglas AZ. The dentist actually used a dental lab in Arizona for partials, etc. Prices were excellent. Plus we'd stop at the duty free store and buy booze.



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Yes and while you can walk in and get antibiotics and many other medications you would need a prescription for here. I'm not sure you can just walk in and get hardcore pain meds and such.


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I developed gout in my 20s from lots of beer and red meat etc. I had a US Rx for some endomethicin and only took it when I had a flare up. So the GF (now wife) and I go to Cancun for a week and proceed to eat lots of red meat and beer and sure as shit the gout flares up and I had no Rx. So I stroll into a pharmacia and between my Spanglish and the pharmacist Spanglish and the Merck drug book we decided they had some name brand endomethicin. I happily paid the 8$ for a box and took enough to make the gout subside. I didn’t want to get busted at customs with any drug I didn’t have an Rx for so I trashed the few leftover pills in Mexico
 
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Originally posted by TXJIM:
Anyone been to a Mexican Pharmacy? If not, it's basically a free market of anything you might want in the way of pharmaceuticals, including all of the things that get abused here in the US. You can walk in off the street and buy Zanex, Percocet, even anabolic steroids.....you name it.

So, does Mexico have the same opioid abuse problem as the US?


There are still some restricted items at la pharmacia. They will offer you something that looks nothing like the pill you want. Also most items you can buy for SHTF like tramadol etc. Are controlled here and get ya in a pickle if caught.



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The free market in Mexico, and caveat emptor in more ways than one. Here drug prices are a result of a market corrupted by government intervention. Costs are passed along to consumers who can afford to pay.




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I have no comment on Rx drugs purchased in Mexico, I just know that “Cuban” cigars from Mexican tobacconists are not likely to be Cuban


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