Cardon Man
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Asthma meds in Baja
A question for any fellow Baja Nomads with asthma: Is Advair available south of the border? If so, what does it cost? I've purchased my serevent
there in the past for a great price, I'd love to do the same with the advair. Man is it expensive here in the USA!:?:
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TMW
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What did you pay for the Serevent. I've never purchased any asthma medicine in Baja but thought about it. I use serevent and flovent.
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I use servent and flovent. I puchased both at the Govt. Pharmcies for about$17,00 each. Socor got to be more costly than in the States.
There are several good Pharmarcies in Ensenada and most of the time Drugs are cheaper. Skeet/Loreto
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Cardon Man
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The serevent came in a smaller refill than you get here in the states and it was about 20 bucks, which was about 30% savings. Last time I tried to get
serevent here in the states it was in the "discus" rather than inhaler. I'm on advair now and it works better than anything for me. Hopefully it's
available in Mexico.
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Sallysouth
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Asthma meds
I get all my Albuterol and other "inhalents" in Ensenada. The cheapest and best is "Mikes". It is one block away (west,same side of the street) from
El Rey Sol, take a right turn. If he doesn't have it, he will get it and he has the best prices in town.
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Email addresses for you
I just happened to pick up a Tijuana phone book today. Here are some email addresses for farmacias.
Generic Club - generic1@telnor.net
Farmacias Internacional - info@farmint.com
Medicinas Montessa - farmaciamontessa@yahoo.com
Farmacias Independencia - farmacy@telnor.net
Hope this helps.
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Cardon Man
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Thanks for the e-mail addresses. I should be able find out whats available but unfortunately, I won't be driving down this time so Ensenada is out.
Hopefully, I can get the same meds at the East Cape. We shall see...
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East Cape? OK....
My phone book fo the cape is two years old and there are no email addresses. However, I know that the American Hospital in Cabo San Lucas has a
pharmacy and their URL is http://www.amerimed-hospitals.com
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TMW
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If I go into the pharmacy to buy it do I need a written prescription from the doctor or will the package it came in from Rite Aid do?
I pay $15 per co-pay now, going to $20 in 2004. And yes the Serevent is now the disc powder type. Rite aid said the gov. made the company change. It
only has 60 actuations verses 120 on the larger inhaler type. Rite Aid is slower than snails on the refills.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
If I go into the pharmacy to buy it do I need a written prescription from the doctor or will the package it came in from Rite Aid do?
I pay $15 per co-pay now, going to $20 in 2004. And yes the Serevent is now the disc powder type. Rite aid said the gov. made the company change. It
only has 60 actuations verses 120 on the larger inhaler type. Rite Aid is slower than snails on the refills.
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Technically, you need a prescription from a Mexican doctor. You may be able to get meds that are not "controlled", but this is not something you want
to go to jail for. My wife used to get her birth control pills in TJ 20 years ago by just asking for them.
Might be worth a trip to the doc.
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