Re: Re. Pain meds in Mexico

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl,

Just a thought, be a little careful about drugs from Mexico, I would trust

Canada better. Canada does require a script. Some evidence that Mexico might

dilute drugs a little too much and some stuff might be outdated. There are

supposed to be web sites about getting scripts filled in Canada. Your closest

point would likely be Thunder Bay across from Sioux Saint Marie. Main

difference in price is that Canada and Mexico have a legal system that won't

allow law suites like the USA does. Thus the insurance costs for the Drug

Companies is nil while in the USA the law suite insurance costs are very high.

Be careful out there

Best wishes, Poncho - GA

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl,

Just a thought, be a little careful about drugs from Mexico, I would trust

Canada better. Canada does require a script. Some evidence that Mexico might

dilute drugs a little too much and some stuff might be outdated. There are

supposed to be web sites about getting scripts filled in Canada. Your closest

point would likely be Thunder Bay across from Sioux Saint Marie. Main

difference in price is that Canada and Mexico have a legal system that won't

allow law suites like the USA does. Thus the insurance costs for the Drug

Companies is nil while in the USA the law suite insurance costs are very high.

Be careful out there

Best wishes, Poncho - GA

[Guest guest]

Hi Jerry,

I understand what you mean, but I also think there are folks in border

cities, like Detroit, that have bus service from the USA side to drug

stores/Pharmacies, on the Canadian side. Weird world ain't it

Best wishes, Poncho - GA

[Guest guest]

Hey Folks,

Please be aware that the DEA is using emails like this on the internet to

entrap people who buy prescriptions out of country and cross the border to

get them back in. I DO NOT mean to imply this is a bogus email, just be

careful who you to talk to about what.

Thanks,

Jerry/NC

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Re. Pain meds in Mexico

> Hi All,

> I have a question for the group. Has anybody ever purchased

medications

> from Mexico? I just came from a meeting with a really neat gal (70+ &

goes

> & goes like the eveready bunny!). She and her husband went to S. Padre

> Island, crossed over into Metamorpha (sp?) Mexico & bought a years supply

of

> all their prescription medications. She said that they didn't need a

> prescription, that they simply took their medication bottles & showed

them.

> The savings was incredible. She said that a friend of theirs flies down

> their for that sole purpose--to get their prescription medication.

However,

> she wasn't sure what the procedure was for " controlled " substances--such

as

> vicodin or the duragesic patches. She also mentioned that her daughter

gets

> their prescriptions from Canada the same way. Has anybody ever done this?

> If so, please let me know the how, what & why! You can e-mail me directly

> at organize@...

> Of course, our conversation turned to WHY in the good Lord's name WE,

in

> the great country, have people who are starving, suffering, etc. because

our

> prescriptions cost 10-20 times higher than either country north or south

of

> us. I didn't get my Duragesic patch refilled 'cause I just can't afford

> $250/mo. After 5 days, I now realize just how much of a difference they

> made in the quality of my daily life. I did send in an application to

> Jannsen for financial assistance--but who knows IF they will look at it or

> do anything with it. It would be worth a trip to Mexico to buy a year's

> worth of medication--and maybe have a little fun at the same time! Again,

> please let me know if anybody had looked into this or done it. Thanks in

> advance.

>

> Cheryl from Illinois

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Yeah Poncho, you're right. But this whole thing with the DEA and chronic

pain patients is getting so wierd, that it pays to watch your back. And it's

sad, too, because we're the people who end up hurting because of those

policies.

Jerry/NC

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Re: Re. Pain meds in Mexico

> Hi Jerry,

> I understand what you mean, but I also think there are folks in border

> cities, like Detroit, that have bus service from the USA side to drug

> stores/Pharmacies, on the Canadian side. Weird world ain't it

> Best wishes, Poncho - GA

[Guest guest]

Yeah Poncho, you're right. But this whole thing with the DEA and chronic

pain patients is getting so wierd, that it pays to watch your back. And it's

sad, too, because we're the people who end up hurting because of those

policies.

Jerry/NC

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Re: Re. Pain meds in Mexico

> Hi Jerry,

> I understand what you mean, but I also think there are folks in border

> cities, like Detroit, that have bus service from the USA side to drug

> stores/Pharmacies, on the Canadian side. Weird world ain't it

> Best wishes, Poncho - GA

[Guest guest]

> Hi Jerry,

> I understand what you mean, but I also think there are folks in

border

> cities, like Detroit, that have bus service from the USA side to

drug

> stores/Pharmacies, on the Canadian side. Weird world ain't it

> Best wishes, Poncho - GA

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> That's my understanding too. Didn't someone on here write

that Canadian

> pharmacies now require a Canadian prescription? How many

years ago was that?

>

> Jerry/NC

Jerry,

It was me that wrote that. In Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, I

was required to have a Canadian doctor write a script for

enzymes to be filled by a Canadian pharmacist. The pharmacist

would not accept my American prescription. He even said that

we would have to go back over the border to Montana to to have

it filled with the presription I had. This was in July 2001. Maybe

they do it differently in Quebec.

Just telling you what happened to me!

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth - SC

hhessgriffeth@...

Southeastern Representative

Pancreatitis Association, Intl.

[Guest guest]

> That's my understanding too. Didn't someone on here write

that Canadian

> pharmacies now require a Canadian prescription? How many

years ago was that?

>

> Jerry/NC

Jerry,

It was me that wrote that. In Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, I

was required to have a Canadian doctor write a script for

enzymes to be filled by a Canadian pharmacist. The pharmacist

would not accept my American prescription. He even said that

we would have to go back over the border to Montana to to have

it filled with the presription I had. This was in July 2001. Maybe

they do it differently in Quebec.

Just telling you what happened to me!

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth - SC

hhessgriffeth@...

Southeastern Representative

Pancreatitis Association, Intl.