Are you confident that you will be purchasing your meds from a reputable pharmacist?
I have haerd that many meds sold south of the border are diluted or laced.
-------------------- Suzanne Shaps STAND UP FOR LYME Texas (www.standupforlyme.org) (Please email all correspondence related to protecting Texas LLMDs to [email protected] with copy to [email protected]) Posts: 977 | From Austin, TX, USA | Registered: May 2004
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Hi Suzzane
Yep Im positive the meds are Good--
All the meds I got in Mexico were as Good or Better than in US--
Name brand meds are avaiable as well as generic--cheap --
Meds in mexico are made in same factories as US --
Lables are in spanish --
--Jay--
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Groovey how can you be so positive that all the meds you get are what the label says they are when countefeit is so prevalant and profitable.
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Hi All
The ONLY time I got counterfit meds was in the US -- at a pharmacy I used for years -- Was Doxicycline (Dan 5440 ) Totall Useless - Disease come back Quickly almost killed me --- ----------------------------------------- --In Mexico ---
I have bought Bactrim DS (Roche)14 tabs $6 and generic 20tabs $3
Biaxian generic $1 each
Bicillin -- (Sandoz) US $48 each --mexico $4
Nystatin Pills (Squibb) $18 for 30-- 500000 U I think it is cheeper in US-- but this is Name Brand
Most meds in Mexico are So Cheap there is not Much insentive to sell Fake Meds --Pharmacies count on you Return Bussiness --
All the meds that I have gotten in Mexico threw the years have been as Good or Better than Meds from US ---
And WAY WAY cheaper--Jay--
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Also the fact that antibiotics are not only in higher demand in Mexico, there is dramatically less money to buy them with.
Eye opener: Flucanazole, US $14 Mex $1.40
I used to think all the motorhomes that went to Arizona went just for the heat. It's really the cheap dentists and meds along the border.
quai
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Meds in Mexico are usually of good quality when purchased from a major pharmacy chain such as Benavides. Really, high priced very popular meds are the only ones you have to worry about... as was stated, there is little incentive to counterfeit low cost antibiotics.
Whatever you do though, have nothing to do with any kind of narcotic, sedative, or possibly some antidepressants. The meds are probably fine, but they have very strict and unbending laws that can send you to a very bad prison for a long time. (Not the case with antibiotics, though.)
Also, avoid any kind of diet pills... those will get you in trouble on the US side.
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Hi All--
LOU --I am going to get some Riamet in mexico --the Last time I was there the Pharmicist asked me if I wanted some I think it was $3
Char --Yep I feeling Perty Good but the War is still going on-- so Far the Home Team is Winning--
When I make up my mind to do something- I am one Determined SOB --
You Have to be -- To Win this War ---
I figured out I had lyme by seeing- a TV show on it 3 years ago--
So I got Highspeed Internet the next day -- Then I spent 6 months doing research---All day-- Every day --
My Doctor at the time was a very good doctor but he knew little about Lyme -
So I gathered up the best info I could find -- Then I Payed my doctor to Read It --- Was worth Every Penny ---
One week later I was on the road to recovery ---
I was not able to gather Good Info quickly enough --So I came up with a New Search Stratige ---
(Read my post titled-- - Good way to Search here) ---
By using that method I increased my Knowlage of these diseases Quickly --
I decided the path I want to fallow-- within weeks of switching to the new search stratigy ---
My doctor would not give me scrips for what I Needed -- So I went to Mexico and got WhatI Needed --
Then I found a Good LLMD here Man - I am Lucky ---
My LLMD gave me some mepron- and Biaxin And I started getting Better Quickly---
Then my LLMD was being Hassled -- so I could not get scrips-(months) --- I was Almost out of Mepron --
So I wrote a post asking if some one had Any Extria mepron ---
And you Know What -- My Lymenet Gardein Angle -(LGA) came in like the Calvery and Saved the Day --
This gave me time for My Other LGA to see a post about Looking for mepron Alternitives --
Bang -- He filled me in on Bactrim DS - in a Few days I was in Mexico getting what I Needed --
Bought a 3 month supply- I got diffrent brands so I could compaire there effectness--
There IS a diffrence in some --
I fugured out that The Bactrim from Roche is Much Stronger-
So Im heading to EP again -- I have Plenty of the generic but Its Not the Best--
So I am Getting The Best - its Only Money --
If I have to I will sell my home and Every thing own-- at the drop of a hat -- Its just stuff --
My LLMD did not know I was taking the bactrim so I was alittle scaired to tell her but I Did --- Worked out Good --
Your LLMD can Only Hold Your Hand -- and Guide You -- But You have to Go Down The Road on Your Own Steam --
Your Best Shot at getting over this stuff -- Is Your First Shot -- So Make It a Good One --
I always have plan A-B-C-D-E --
3 months ago I quite my job so I could Devote ALL of My Time to Healing -- Myself --- No One is going to - Do IT For Me --
You have to Go with the Flow -- But you Have to Paddle ALL the Time -- Full Speed --
I am one of those People who thinks - If a Little is Good -- -- Alot is Much Better --
So Far it seems to be the case-- If it Kills Me --I Dont Care --
If the germs Stomp me I am going to get the Delux Toasting so that Every One of these Bugs -- Dies with Me --LOL
-- You -- Have to Take Control --
So if Anyone wants to meet me in El Paso to Get What they Need -- and Eat some Killer Mexican Food-- I am Headed that way --Jay---
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I've been to Mexico, once. Upon reentry into the states they searched what appeared to be most bags.
When I was thinking about going to Mexico for Bicillin that was the biggest reason I didn't do it. I feared being arrested or having the abx confiscated. Was my fear unrealistic?
Worthless tests & labs, a dangerous vaccine, insurance companies refuse to pay, undertreatment the norm, all about money. MO. Posts: 281 | From CT | Registered: Oct 2005
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My dad winters in Arizona. He gets all his prescriptions in Mexico and has for years. He has never had any problems. He says that bus loads of people from his area get their medication's in Mexico without any problems.
Kathy
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I believe that it is legal for most medications (someone has noted the exceptions above) provided that one stays within certain limits. I don't know what those are. You might check with Customs. http://www.cbp.gov/
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Here also is information from the FDA web site. It refers to importation of drugs unapproved by the FDA, but I think that the 3 month supply limit for personal use may apply to approved drugs as well. http://www.fda.gov/ora/import/pipinfo.htm
Anyone concerned could call either of these agencies, but experience by people who have done this seems to indicate that some level of importation is allowed, even if officially prohibited.
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The basic rule is a 90 day supply for your PERSONAL use. That means they don't want people bringing it in in quantity and possibly reselling it.
You also cannot bring in meds that are illegal in the US. They used to be really fixated on certain diet pills, I'm not sure what their 'thing' might be now.
In general when re-entering the US be polite, respectful, and look them in the eye when they talk to you. Declare what you have and do not try to hide anything.
If you lie or try to hide a contraband item and they find it, they can fine you heavily, confiscate your car if they want, and/or put you in jail.
If you declare it, usually all they can do is take it away. ("The Truth Shall Set You Free".... a US Customs agent told me that once when I asked a question about what I was allowed to bring back. "...Unless it is a brick of cocaine", he added with a smile.)
It is kind of like boarding an airliner these days. There is a procedure to go through, but if you are polite and use good sense you will rarely have a problem.
Incidently there is a hot drug war going on in the part of Mexico where I would usually visit, with machine gun and bazooka fire being exchanged right downtown a little too frequently. So... I have not gone there for quite awhile. My aplogies if any of my observations have gotten stale.
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