Re: Anyone just go and buy Armour in Mexico?

March 9, 2005

Mexico doesn't have Armour Thyroid. My cousin already tried that for

me when they went to California and slipped over to Mexico. :-(

SandyE~Houston

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:13:15 -0000

gnattygrl@... wrote:

>

> I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could stock

> up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of americans

> in texas and california going over the border and bringing back 3

> months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

>

> Nat

>

March 9, 2005

Mexico doesn't have Armour Thyroid. My cousin already tried that for

me when they went to California and slipped over to Mexico. :-(

SandyE~Houston

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:13:15 -0000

gnattygrl@... wrote:

>

> I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could stock

> up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of americans

> in texas and california going over the border and bringing back 3

> months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

>

> Nat

>

March 9, 2005

Mexico doesn't have Armour Thyroid. My cousin already tried that for

me when they went to California and slipped over to Mexico. :-(

SandyE~Houston

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:13:15 -0000

gnattygrl@... wrote:

>

> I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could stock

> up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of americans

> in texas and california going over the border and bringing back 3

> months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

>

> Nat

>

March 9, 2005

I thought it was just called " Thyroid. " I took that.

SAMMIE

--- Sandy starz@...> wrote:

> Mexico doesn't have Armour Thyroid. My cousin

> already tried that for

> me when they went to California and slipped over to

> Mexico. :-(

>

> SandyE~Houston

>

> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:13:15 -0000

> gnattygrl@... wrote:

> >

> > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every

> winter - I could stock

> > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear

> stories of americans

> > in texas and california going over the border and

> bringing back 3

> > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried

> that?

> >

> > Nat

> >

March 9, 2005

I thought it was just called " Thyroid. " I took that.

SAMMIE

--- Sandy starz@...> wrote:

> Mexico doesn't have Armour Thyroid. My cousin

> already tried that for

> me when they went to California and slipped over to

> Mexico. :-(

>

> SandyE~Houston

>

> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:13:15 -0000

> gnattygrl@... wrote:

> >

> > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every

> winter - I could stock

> > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear

> stories of americans

> > in texas and california going over the border and

> bringing back 3

> > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried

> that?

> >

> > Nat

> >

March 9, 2005

Nat, I've never done it, but down here there are even bus tours

organized for exactly this. You would probably have to get Thyroid-

s, tho. I guess they don't carry Armour proper.

> >

> > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could

stock

> > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

americans

> > in texas and california going over the border and bringing back

3

> > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> >

> > Nat

> >

March 9, 2005

Nat, I've never done it, but down here there are even bus tours

organized for exactly this. You would probably have to get Thyroid-

s, tho. I guess they don't carry Armour proper.

> >

> > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could

stock

> > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

americans

> > in texas and california going over the border and bringing back

3

> > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> >

> > Nat

> >

March 9, 2005

They have them up here too, Toots. You guys come up and buy our

cheap drugs Need a script though. bummer.

> > >

> > > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could

> stock

> > > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

> americans

> > > in texas and california going over the border and bringing

back

> 3

> > > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> > >

> > > Nat

> > >

March 9, 2005

They have them up here too, Toots. You guys come up and buy our

cheap drugs Need a script though. bummer.

> > >

> > > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could

> stock

> > > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

> americans

> > > in texas and california going over the border and bringing

back

> 3

> > > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> > >

> > > Nat

> > >

March 9, 2005

They have them up here too, Toots. You guys come up and buy our

cheap drugs Need a script though. bummer.

> > >

> > > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could

> stock

> > > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

> americans

> > > in texas and california going over the border and bringing

back

> 3

> > > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> > >

> > > Nat

> > >

March 10, 2005

In spanish, thyroid is " tiroides " . You might try asking for that.

Laurie

Re: Anyone just go and buy Armour in Mexico?

Nat, I've never done it, but down here there are even bus tours

organized for exactly this. You would probably have to get Thyroid-

s, tho. I guess they don't carry Armour proper.

> >

> > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I could

stock

> > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

americans

> > in texas and california going over the border and bringing back

3

> > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> >

> > Nat

> >

March 11, 2005

> In spanish, thyroid is " tiroides " . You might try asking for that.

>

> Laurie

thanks Laurie I have some bottles from there from back when myrx

was still around, I figured I'd just bring one for show n tell in

case there were any language barriers !

Nat

March 11, 2005

And I believe you would pronounce it

TEE-RO-EED-ACE

How's that for a Gringo!?

> > >

> > > I'm down near Playa Del Carmen / Cancun every winter - I

could

> stock

> > > up for the year cheap, if it's doable. I hear stories of

> americans

> > > in texas and california going over the border and bringing

back

> 3

> > > months worth of medicines... has anyone here tried that?

> > >

> > > Nat

> > >

March 11, 2005

My best show-n-tell was trying to pantomime 'pregnancy test' in a

German pharmacy on the Rhine. I even speak german,

but 'pregnancy test' is never covered in the ol' planes, trains and

automobiles chapter, ya know?

Cheers,

Friday

> > In spanish, thyroid is " tiroides " . You might try asking for

that.

> >

> > Laurie

>

> thanks Laurie I have some bottles from there from back when

myrx

> was still around, I figured I'd just bring one for show n tell in

> case there were any language barriers !

>

> Nat

March 11, 2005

My best show-n-tell was trying to pantomime 'pregnancy test' in a

German pharmacy on the Rhine. I even speak german,

but 'pregnancy test' is never covered in the ol' planes, trains and

automobiles chapter, ya know?

Cheers,

Friday

> > In spanish, thyroid is " tiroides " . You might try asking for

that.

> >

> > Laurie

>

> thanks Laurie I have some bottles from there from back when

myrx

> was still around, I figured I'd just bring one for show n tell in

> case there were any language barriers !

>

> Nat

March 11, 2005

At 10:18 AM 3/11/2005, NaturalThyroidHormones wrote:

>Re: Anyone just go and buy Armour in Mexico?

Be careful! There was a woman held in a Mexican jail for 2 years because

she did this. Finally only through diplomatic intervention did she get

released. I think the issues were that she had more than 3 months worth

and she didn't have a script.

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http://todaysseniorsnetwork.com/Mexican%20jail.htm

Quest for Cheaper Drugs Can End in a Mexican Jail... Police crack down on

Americans who buy medications without local prescriptions.

TIJUANA, September 8, 2004 Californians shopping for cheaper prescription

drugs may have gotten a break when the Legislature voted to ease access to

low-cost medicines from Canada, but south of the border, bargain-hunters

can pay an unexpected, traumatic cost time in a Mexican slammer.

Since early last year, at least 67 Americans have been jailed here for

buying medicines without a prescription from a Mexican doctor. Most

recently, a 53-year-old U.S. woman was arrested here in July and spent a

day in jail after buying 90 Valium tablets, a standard prescription amount,

without the requisite Mexican doctor's order.

Drug shoppers in Mexico are on the same quest for discounts that has driven

many Californians to buy mail-order medications from Canada, where prices

also can be dramatically lower.

Late last month, days after a group of elderly Southern Californian

protesters chartered a train called the " Rx Express " to buy medicines in

Vancouver, the California Legislature gave final approval to a package of

bills allowing cheaper drug imports from Canada. The legislation is still

being considered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

To the south, thousands of Americans, mostly senior citizens, cross the

border daily to buy prescription drugs at places such as Tijuana and

Algodones on the California border, Nogales south of Arizona and Ciudad

Juarez opposite El Paso. They are pursuing savings of up to 75% on

medicines ranging from antibiotics and antidepressants to heart medication

and chemotherapy agents.

Mexican druggists who sell to Americans without a prescription are also

breaking the law, but the police more frequently target the customers,

knowing they are easy arrests and in many cases will be only too willing to

pay bribes of hundreds of dollars to avoid jail.

Facing a sharp decline in tourism in recent months, some Tijuana

pharmacists are mounting a campaign to warn visitors of the hazards of

buying drugs without prescriptions and to repair Tijuana's image.

" Americans come here with no idea that they need a prescription, a Mexican

prescription, to get their medicines, " said Ignacio Romo Calderon,

president of the Tijuana Pharmacists Assn.

" We are trying to educate the tourists because [the arrests] have given the

city a bad name. "

Pharmacies have multiplied here to more than 1,300 three times the number

in San Diego, with roughly the same population as Mexico becomes known as

an alternative to cost-conscious U.S. consumers.

Law-abiding druggists along Pharmacy Row will either refuse to sell the

drugs or send consumers to one of the many doctor's offices here where

physicians are known to write prescriptions for $40.

Some of the buyers arrested here obviously intended to traffic the

suspiciously large quantities of drugs they bought, officials at the U.S.

Consulate here said.

A Seattle man was arrested in September 2003 after allegedly buying more

than 6,000 pills of medications, including controlled substances. Two

clerks at Tijuana's Trip Pharmacy, where the purchases were made, were also

jailed.

But most trans-border consumers are elderly Americans who simply are buying

medicines for their own ailments or those of family members. Most walk into

the Mexican pharmacies with a U.S. prescription or with none at all.

Alfonso , a San Diego retiree, drives to Tijuana every month to buy

eye drops for his glaucoma. He pays $20 for the same monthly supply of

drops that in San Diego costs $90. That's a considerable savings for

70-year-old and his wife, who subsist on the $1,100 a month they

receive in Social Security benefits.

" We retirees are the ones who suffer the most because the drug business is

so controlled in the United States. It's why you never see a price

reduction, " said , who said that Medicare did not cover the cost of

his drops, which he said were vital in keeping his eyesight.

He said the Tijuana pharmacy he patronized sold him his drops without a

prescription.

Although police are likely to look the other way a case such as 's

eyedrops, they can come down hard on those who buy controlled substances,

such as those known by their U.S. brand names Valium, Ritalin, Percodan and

Darvon.

The average length of jail time is 48 hours.

Although most of those arrested are released after producing documentation

proving a medical need, those who can't or who are suspected of buying

drugs with trafficking in mind can be sentenced to lengthy terms.

In the most highly publicized case here, Dawn Marie , 48, received a

five-year term for buying a variety of prescription drugs in Baja

California last year, including anti- epilepsy medication and Valium.

Through her lawyer, she said she did not buy all the drugs listed by

Mexican authorities in her court papers. is now in an Ensenada jail

but is scheduled to be transferred to U.S. custody this month.

Lindell, 66, of Phoenix was held in a Nogales jail for eight weeks

this year after being caught with 270 Valium pills he had bought for his

wife. Lindell argued that he went to Mexico to buy the drugs after his

insurer stopped reimbursing him and his wife for the cost of the tranquilizer.

In a notorious case, an Iowa woman was raped while in custody late last

year after Mexican police arrested her and her husband for possession of

Ritalin they had bought in Tijuana for their 9-year-old son.

The arrests of U.S. shoppers have contributed to Tijuana's dubious status

as the place where more Americans are arrested an average of more than

seven a day than in any other foreign city with a consular presence. Most

arrests are for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

Baja California accounts for 20% of all arrests of U.S. nationals on

foreign soil each year.

March 11, 2005