Prescription drug without the Rx?

Hung over pop a xanax cant sleep pop a xanax better living through chemicals.My doc has no problem giving them to me. I live close to the mexican border If your brave enough you can cross over the border
go to any Pharmacia and they'll give you a three month supply of any pharmacutical drug there is,you
might get your car stolen or your ass shot off by the mexican gangs.

I want to pick up a hoard of antibiotics for the end days phobia. Besides, it could be lifesaving if I ever have an infection.

Wait in line for 90 minutes to pick up your prescription? Here is a view/perspective from the "other side of the drug store counter:

You walk up to the counter and tell me that your doctor was to phone in your prescription; which he hasn't, since you left his office only ten minutes ago. I call the physician's office and get put on hold for 5 minutes, then am informed that they called it into another pharmacy on the other side of town. Phoning my competitor, I am immediately put on hold for 5 minutes before speaking to a tech, who puts me back on hold for another 5 minutes until I can speak to the pharmacist to get the prescription transferred to me. While I am doing this, I have two other in-coming phone calls on the other lines. I ask if you have ever had prescriptions filled here before...you think that "you" means for your wife and answer "yes" whereupon I go to the computer and see you are not on file.

The phone rings.

You have left the counter to do something important like read the monster truck magazines & do not hear the 3 PA pages requesting your return to the pharmacy. You return expecting to pick up the finished prescription.....

The phone rings.

....only to find out that I need to ask for your address, phone #, date of birth & if you have any allergies. You tell me that you are allergic to codeine..your presciption is for Vicodin so I ask you what exactly codeine did to you and you say that it doesn't work and I roll my eyes and write down "No allergies". You tell me.......

The phone rings.

.......you have insurance * spend the next 5 minutes looking for your card, give up and expect me to file your insurance claim anyway. I call your regular pharmacy to get your insurance info (on hold for 5 minutes) which is rejected because you changed jobs 4 months ago. An asshole barges his way to the counter and asks me where the catfood is.

The phone rings.

I inform you that the insurance from the other pharmacy does not work, whereupon you instantly produce a card that you were unable to find before. What you were really doing was hoping that your old insurance would still work because it had a lower co-pay.

The phone rings.

I fill your prescription and file a claim with your new insurance which gets rejected because you had a 30 day supply of Vicodin filled 15 days ago at another pharmacy. I inform you of this and you tell me that the doctor told you to increase the number of tablets that you should take; meaning what should have been a 30 day supply turned out to be a 15 day supply. I call your physican's office to confirm the new directions(put on hold) and then call your insurance company to get an over-ride(put on hold). My laser printer has a paper jam and it is time for my tech to go to lunch. Your insurance company issues an over-ride and your claim goes through....saving you 85 cents from the cash price of the prescription.

The phone rings.

At the cash register you sign........

The phone rings.

.....the acknowledgement that you received a copy of my HIPPA policy and I offered you the required OBRA counseling for the new prescription. You fumble around for 2 minutes looking for your checkbook & spend another 2 minutes writing out the check. You ask why the tablets look different than the ones from the other pharmacy. I explain that they are from another manufacturer. Tomorrow you'll be back to tell me that they don't work as well.

Have a nice day...... from your friendly neighborhood pharmacist.



Glasses can affect your vision; especially when they have been emptied several times.......

Nope. I gave them up. I have one occasionally but when I do I can't wake up the next day.

Hey...Just wondering {I live in Midwest anyways}can one go to drug store in Mexico and legally bring back that 3 month script?????of whatever???

The Mexican pharmacy likely won't recognize or require the US-prescription. i.e. One doesn't need the prescription; that's why one went to Mexico! (Nonetheless, it is advisable to have a prescription with one when one crosses back into the United States.)

However, "[s]ome drugs, including controlled substances, may not be purchased in Mexico without a valid prescription from a Mexican doctor." If one is unfortunate enough to select a pharmacy which does sell one a controlled substance, one may be subject to penalties under Mexican law. "Penalties for drug offenses are strict, and convicted offenders can expect large fines and jail sentences up to 25 years."

Meanwhile, back at the border, . . . "You must declare the drugs at Customs upon your return. Customs permits people to bring back reasonable amounts of medications for personal use, but does not allow stockpiling or purchasing large amounts of drugs for what will be assumed is a commercial or resale purpose. If the medication is a controlled substance, a reasonable amount means up to 50 combined total doses."

Ref: Buying Prescription Drugs in Mexico

DonDiego says, . . . give it a shot, take a chance, . . . live a little !

If Advil does not do the trick, a Benadryl will. There is a reason they use it to manufacture crystal meth.

I think you are confusing diphenhydramine (Benedryl) with pseudoephedrine (Sudafed).

Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine can be use to manufacture crystal meth.

Crystal meth = amphetamine. Uppers. Get you awake.

Benedryl = antihistamine. Makes you drowsy.