similares sale day? street?

[vlkr]

i think similares has its sale on mondays? is it on 20th?

[ddeborahdelamar]

Buen Lunes: Extra 25% off, Monday 11am-1pm & 5-7pm.
There are 6-7 Simi locations in Coz. Here are the most convenient, depending on where you're staying:
-- Corner Ave. 15 & Calle 1 Sur
-- Ave. 30 Norte between Juarez & Calle 2 (across the street from the San Francisco supermarket)
-- Andres QRoo (Calle 11 Sur) @ Mujica (east of Ave. 30 & across from the IMSS Hospital)
-- Ave. 30 Sur between Calles 21 & 23

[vlkr]

Buen Lunes: Extra 25% off, Monday 11am-1pm & 5-7pm.
There are 6-7 Simi locations in Coz. Here are the most convenient, depending on where you're staying:
-- Corner Ave. 15 & Calle 1 Sur
-- Ave. 30 Norte between Juarez & Calle 2 (across the street from the San Francisco supermarket)
-- Andres QRoo (Calle 11 Sur) @ Mujica (east of Ave. 30 & across from the IMSS Hospital)
-- Ave. 30 Sur between Calles 21 & 23
thankyou

[DandyDon]

The pharmacy? Every Monday, on everything...?! :eek:

[vlkr]

The pharmacy? Every Monday, on everything...?! :eek:
yes. i believe it is on everything. pre discount prices are already pretty low, then you get an additional 25% off.
not sure what the origin of the drugs is but they seem to work. my wife gets problems with sinus infections. their generic works as well as what we buy in the usa for about 6x the price.

[DandyDon]

yes. i believe it is on everything. pre discount prices are already pretty low, then you get an additional 25% off.
not sure what the origin of the drugs is but they seem to work. my wife gets problems with sinus infections. their generic works as well as what we buy in the usa for about 6x the price.
:thumb: As long as you have a prescription with you, I guess you can take them home legally. Not that that ever deterred me, but I heard that Mexico requires the scripts now too. I get a couple from overseas at like 85% less.

[cvchief]

:thumb: As long as you have a prescription with you, I guess you can take them home legally. Not that that ever deterred me, but I heard that Mexico requires the scripts now too. I get a couple from overseas at like 85% less.

You carry a pony tank and use overseas meds? Reconcile that for me.....

[DandyDon]

You carry a pony tank and use overseas meds? Reconcile that for me.....
We all choose and manage our risks. You probably have a prescription card.

[cvchief]

We all choose and manage our risks. You probably have a prescription card.

Well, don't be offended, I didn't mean it that way. I just was surprised. You are a great champion of safety and you must admit that seems out of character given all the preaching that goes on about the safety of meds from out of the country. You seem to spend a good bit on dive safety, so it just threw me for a loop.

[DandyDon]

Well, don't be offended, I didn't mean it that way. I just was surprised. You are a great champion of safety and you must admit that seems out of character given all the preaching that goes on about the safety of meds from out of the country. You seem to spend a good bit on dive safety, so it just threw me for a loop.
I'm not offended. If I had a script card it'd be great. I realize that some overseas meds are risky, but I feel confident in my source & packaging. Besides, OOA or CO can be a serious problem much faster than most problem meds.

So are the pharmacies enforcing the prescription requirement on antibiotics in Coz? I do like their ampicillin and neomycin-cortizone ear drops.

[wmperry]

They asked for a prescription when I got some ear drops at Mega. Had just gotten a prescription from a doctor on Cozumel so no problem. No questions asked when I loaded up on the sane thing before I took my trip to the Bahamas. Bought 3-4 bottles of drops at the cancun airport pharmacy.

[cvchief]

I'm not offended. If I had a script card it'd be great. I realize that some overseas meds are risky, but I feel confident in my source & packaging. Besides, OOA or CO can be a serious problem much faster than most problem meds.

So are the pharmacies enforcing the prescription requirement on antibiotics in Coz? I do like their ampicillin and neomycin-cortizone ear drops.
Like everything else in MX, it depends. Friend picked up a z pack for the Missus when she was down in November. It is about where to go. Doesn't the airport sell you about anything too?

[DandyDon]

Like everything else in MX, it depends. Friend picked up a z pack for the Missus when she was down in November. It is a about where to go. Doesn't the airport sell you about anything too?
:confused: Did you lose a word there?

The last med I bought in Coz cost me as much as it would at home, two years ago - much more than I pay overseas, but I'd forgot one and I'm sure I was paying the tourist price. Never shopped this pharmacy. I copies the info to August travel plans.

[cvchief]

I stutter when I type sometimes. I dont remember the name of the place the z pack was from but they are out there.

[Christi]

All antibiotics and narcotics require a prescription, this has been in effect for the last couple of years.

The Similares pharmacies are all very generic drugs.

[DandyDon]

All antibiotics and narcotics require a prescription, this has been in effect for the last couple of years.

The Similares pharmacies are all very generic drugs.
I'd heard that then, but have heard enforcement is iffy. I'm not interested in narcotics, just a couple of antibiotics - but I'm guessing the tourist prices are higher than I am paying now. I have a couple of bottles of Neomycin, polymyxin B, and hydrocortisone drops I picked up there years ago - now out of date. I never get swimmers ear anymore having learned my lesson on that, but do get a ear infection still now and then. I'll probably see my doc before August and hit him up for scripts.

[cvchief]

What about all the crap in the airport? I thought there were all sorts of non-narcotics one could buy there?

[Christi]

I've been asked for a prescription every time I've gone in for an antibiotic. I suppose a tourist willing to bribe a poor employee into giving them something without a prescription may find out where to go, but I don't know which pharmacies "don't enforce" and no legitimate reputable pharmacy here is going to give meds without a script if required.

BTW - I am not referring to illegal narcotics, I am referring to legitimate meds that are actually narcotics - including anything with codeine, most pain meds, etc.

[DandyDon]

I think I have heard that some stores have doctors to call...?

My memory is questionable tho. :sad:

[cvchief]

I wasn't talking about bribes or anything…. Forget i mentioned it…

Still though I thought I read the airport was still selling antibiotics and stuff to people flying out? I never bought anything in the airport so I don't know how they work, but they have a lotta drugs on display.

[Christi]

I wasn't talking about bribes or anything…. Forget i mentioned it…

Still though I thought I read the airport was still selling antibiotics and stuff to people flying out? I never bought anything in the airport so I don't know how they work, but they have a lotta drugs on display.

I wouldn't trust them - probably a bunch of placebos!! Airport "pharmacies" aren't what I would call legitimate pharmacies. We don't have one in the CZM airport.

[WOODMAN]

You don't have a 'legitimate pharmacy' there in the airport, you mean. There is that 'knock off' tourist store which sells all manner of drugs, but once again, what are you actually getting from them..? My wife bought some Tramadol from them without a script last year, and it seems to work like the stuff we get up here (with a script..). I also watched for awhile, and saw a lot of various drugs going over that counter, and I didn't see a script go by for any of it.:hm: I'm just saying... Woody

[DandyDon]

It may well have been a good med, Woodman - but a store that will break one law will likely break similar ones. One would have no idea which are real, and an airport store is not hoping for repeat customers. Looks like Tramadol is inexpensive in the US.

[vlkr]

yep in the usa we don't do that sort of thing.
instead lobbyists for big pharm contribute to politicans they like and they in turn allow prices to be much higher than the rest of the world. we don't worry about it much because much of it is paid for by taxpayers without their knowledge. all of the key people in putting through the drug bill which passed in 02 are now high priced "consultants" to big pharm.
did we raise taxes to pay for the bill? nope just borrowed.

[cvchief]

I wouldn't trust them - probably a bunch of placebos!! Airport "pharmacies" aren't what I would call legitimate pharmacies. We don't have one in the CZM airport.

Sure looked like they were selling prescription drugs. I was killing time waiting on Mayair looking at it I thought? Go past the bathrooms and it is there on the right? Maybe I am misremembering. It was after a week of Carnival and my eye tear up when I am leaving.

I never said they were any good or not. I said I don't know anything about them. I just said it 'looked' like they had drugs for sale and some of them appeared to antibiotics and I thought someone said the airport ones followed different rules. I don't know. I don't buy drugs generally anywhere. Well I did pay for the antibiotics that Piccolo prescribed for my B-in-Law when he blew his ear drum snorkeling.

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It may well have been a good med, Woodman - but a store that will break one law will likely break similar ones. One would have no idea which are real, and an airport store is not hoping for repeat customers. Looks like Tramadol is inexpensive in the US.


Hence why I asked if they follow different rules. Seems odd that in the Federal controlled airport they are illegally selling drugs.

Hey, vlkr, what is the deal on foreign drugs? Is it legal to carry them back with you but not legal to order them outside the country and import them?

[DandyDon]

Hey, vlkr, what is the deal on foreign drugs? Is it legal to carry them back with you but not legal to order them outside the country and import them?
Without script, the Customs rules specifically prohibit bringing back prescription meds. With script, okee dokee :thumb: as long as the drug is allowed. If it's not, there may well be very good reason it's not. :eek:

From overseas, like the camp light I once suggested you order from Hong Kong - small package mail arrives by truckloads and they really can only check a small part - looking for controlled substances mostly. If they find prescription meds, they really lack abilities to check for counterfeit, and the packages are simply returned to sender.

The big difference to the US buyer is that airport store doesn't care if you are happy or not after you leave, while the overseas supplier counts on repeat business. I have tried some that I didn't like the looks of, threw them out and got my money refunded. I've been obtaining one med from my usual supplier for 4 years now at dramatic savings.

You've probably noticed that prescription drugs in the US are seldom in the blister packs like sold in Mexico and overseas commonly. Those packs are an efficient way of handling that lowers costs, but in the US - highly paid pharmacists and techs count and pack each order usually, running the costs up along with drive up windows, call-in scripts, and so forth. As said above tho, your meds are largely paid by your PCS card, funded by your insurance provider who is paid by your employer, so the costs are hidden. Elsewhere, buy the package that closely resemble your needs, preboxed, while you are in the store.

[vlkr]

Hey, vlkr, what is the deal on foreign drugs? Is it legal to carry them back with you but not legal to order them outside the country and import them?[/QUOTE]

i don't know. much what i am reading on this thread is new to me.

[DandyDon]

i don't know. much what i am reading on this thread is new to me.
:laughing: Better confirm anything you hear here...!!

[Gdog]

Reminds me....warning, thread hijack..... last trip to Coz, which was end of March, I ran out of swimmer's ear. Went from Pharmacia to pharmacia looking, nobody had it. Finally ended up at the one at the chamber, I think on calle 3? Anyway, I told the guy what I wanted, and even emulated dropping drops into my ears. His english was ok, and he said for your ears? I said yes, he brought me a small bottle with spanish no english on it, but the right size. He then wanted like $9 dollars US!! I paid, though I was shocked at the price, because I had spent the last 45 minutes walking and searching. I walk outside, open the bottle, doesnt smell like isopropyl alcohol..hmm..drop a couple drips in each ear, wait..nothing. I feel in my ear, and the drips feel a little oily. Hmmmm...so back to the dive shop, Blue Magic Scuba, and hand the bottle to Jorge, the man with all the answers. He reads it, then starts laughing. This are eyedrops for the eyes he says......

[Darol]

No problem buying or bringing back antibiotics, without a script.

[DandyDon]

No problem buying or bringing back antibiotics, without a script.
Was that a statement? Actually, from U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Travel (http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/clearing/restricted/)

In virtually all instances, individual citizens are prohibited from importing prescription drugs into the United States.

And from Purchasing and Buying Medications and Medicines in Mexico | Mexican Pharmacies | Mexican Pharmaceuticals (http://www.mexonline.com/medications.htm) it seems that any prescription meds purchased in Mexico must be from a prescription from a Mexican doctor.

[Darol]

I'm just saying..... oh, and the speed limit here is 55.....;)
And I hear the Tequila works better than the Mexican Viagra..... so I'm told....:D

[cvchief]

Well, DD, according to your website it is illegal to order them by mail or bring them in with you. It does say there is a discretionary exception for a person entering the US with 3 months of a drug. It doesn't say you need a copy of the prescription prescription that I saw. It says you have to have either proof that it is a continuation of a foreign treatment or the name and address of a US doc who with be supervising your use.

So I think if you want to be more legal, you should go to Cozumel every three months and get your drugs in person. (Maybe good insurance would help with the airfare?)

[ddeborahdelamar]

Passed by the Similares (AKA Simi) on 30 near the IMSS hospital. Big sign there stating that the cost to see a doc is 35 pesos. 35 pesos to get a scrip and buy Rx meds in accordance with MX regulations and probably US Customs regs, too.
Just reporting in...

[cvchief]

Passed by the Similares (AKA Simi) on 30 near the IMSS hospital. Big sign there stating that the cost to see a doc is 35 pesos. 35 pesos to get a scrip and buy Rx meds in accordance with MX regulations and probably US Customs regs, too.
Just reporting in...

You know, if I needed drugs, I think I would feel better having them quickly prescribed by a large 7 foot tall smiling cartoon character who waves alot. :D He must have a REALLY big diploma!

[DandyDon]

Passed by the Similares (AKA Simi) on 30 near the IMSS hospital. Big sign there stating that the cost to see a doc is 35 pesos. 35 pesos to get a scrip and buy Rx meds in accordance with MX regulations and probably US Customs regs, too.
Just reporting in...
:thumb: Thanks so much! That's about what I figured...

[Darol]

cvchief said: You know, if I needed drugs, I think I would feel better having them quickly prescribed by a large 7 foot tall smiling cartoon character who waves alot. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/images/smilies/Standard%20Smiles/04.gif He must have a REALLY big diploma!

I love that ......:D

[Christi]

I did not say that the airport pharmacy was selling illegal drugs...all I said is that I wouldn't necessarily trust what you are really getting - that's my personal opinion. Pharmacies are not regulated the same way they are regulated in the states. I can't say if they are breaking the rules as far as requiring a script or not - it's only required for certain things - so without knowing what people were buying, no way to tell.

I do know that when getting the "real" medications they aren't much cheaper here than in the states. So if you are getting drugs at bargain basement prices, you can probably bet they are knock-offs - and who knows how good or close to the real thing they are.

When I had bronchitis a couple of months ago, my meds were over $100 USD - just sayin.

[cvchief]

I did not say that the airport pharmacy was selling illegal drugs...all I said is that I wouldn't necessarily trust what you are really getting - that's my personal opinion. Pharmacies are not regulated the same way they are regulated in the states. I can't say if they are breaking the rules as far as requiring a script or not - it's only required for certain things - so without knowing what people were buying, no way to tell.

I do know that when getting the "real" medications they aren't much cheaper here than in the states. So if you are getting drugs at bargain basement prices, you can probably bet they are knock-offs - and who knows how good or close to the real thing they are.

When I had bronchitis a couple of months ago, my meds were over $100 USD - just sayin.

Can't you really say that about any pharmacy unless you have particular knowledge of them? The time we filled the prescription for my B-in-Law in the little drug counter at Picolo's, I just guessed that since it was in the hospital lobby, it might be ok to get drugs from them . I figured they would be the MOST expensive, but probably ok.

I would have guessed at least if the airport shafted you, they would be easy to locate again. Does Profecto handle drugs? I would also have guessed that the airport wouldn't let them there if they were too bad. I just assumed that they would be more willing to sell drugs to anyone because 98% percent of them are leaving the country, so it wont be their problem and I assumed they would me more expensive as most airport things are. Again though, I got no clue about it personally. I will have to strike up a conversation with the people there next trip and get the skinny. I agree with you though that cheap would scare me. I don't want cheap drugs if I need 'em and I don't want cheap tequila ANYTIME.....

Speaking of airport stuff, there were alot of cool food things in the that little shop in CZM on the left. They were all about 4000% over priced, but at least interesting to look at. tequila stuff and chiles stuff.