Drug info - OTC in Mexico

[Healthyhobby]

Hey everyone - I'm new to the forum but an old hand on the plantation. SWIM is 26, live in New York City and have recently discovered how wonderfull a beer tastes with 1000mg or so of Vicodeine in me.

Having never had to travel with a stash, just buying what SWIM needed locally, I was wondering what SWIM could get from a pharmacy in Mexico.

Vicodeine, Percocet, Valium, Xanex? Is anything over the counter?

Thanks guys - can't wait to hear back,
Avi

[788.4]

Originally Posted by Healthyhobby

Hey everyone - I'm new to the forum but an old hand on the plantation. SWIM is 26, live in New York City and have recently discovered how wonderfull a beer tastes with 1000mg or so of Vicodeine in me.

Surely you don't mean 1000mg of Vicodin. Maybe you are getting the APAP dose mixed up with the hydrocondone? Vicodin usually has 5-10mg of hydrocondone and 325mg of APAP (tylenol).

Having never had to travel with a stash, just buying what SWIM needed locally, I was wondering what SWIM could get from a pharmacy in Mexico.

Vicodeine, Percocet, Valium, Xanex? Is anything over the counter?

The only things you will find OTC is codeine and some types of steroids. The types of medications you mention are available only with a prescription. It's easier to get a prescription for those things in Mexico than it is here, but it's still not a certain thing. Doctors generally charge $20 (they take USD) for a visit.

It's probably not worth the effort unless you are spending a lot of time there. Don't waste a short vacation running from doctor's office to doctor's office.

[Healthyhobby]

Thanks for the reply - dissapointing but glad to know. Does codeine come close to Vicodin?

I've been making the distinction between 500s, 750s, and 1000s and I just assumed that that was mg count. It tends to be easiest for SWIM to get 750s.

As for editing my post, I simply found an edit link and clicked it.

[jesusfreak666er]

swim would like to point out that though things arent always otc in mexico they are always under the counter, and in border towns in mexico they treat them like otc drugs in effort to make money off american drugies, swim can not recomend breaking the law though, thats wrong

[788.4]

I've read articles that said the above is just a myth about Mexican pharmacies (in general). There are bound to be corrupt pharmacies in Mexico. However most of the corrupt ones engage in large scale pharmaceutical diversion with organized criminal groups. Your chances of locating a pharmacy that will sell controlled substances to anyone who has the money to pay for it are very small.