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[Ekdog]

Dear Forumites,

I shall be visiting your fair city next month, and I should like to know how I might go about acquiring some Viagra. I will need to obtain a proper prescription from a doctor, will I not? Perhaps someone could recommend a physician who would not be likely to pose too many embarrassing questions or charge more than is warranted.

Thank you very much indeed for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Eckern Dogg, Esq.

[galvezis]

Dear Forumites,

I shall be visiting your fair city next month, and I should like to know how I might go about acquiring some Viagra. I will need to obtain a proper prescription from a doctor, will I not? Perhaps someone could recommend a physician who would not be likely to pose too many embarrassing questions or charge more than is warranted.

Thank you very much indeed for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Eckern Dogg, Esq.

I've heard you can get it over the counter in most pharmacies...haven't tried it though...

[Chiquito]

Legally you need a prescription from a Mexican doctor to buy any prescription drug in Mexico. In reality they are separated into loosely controlled and tightly controlled. Viagra would come under the loosely controlled. You will not have too much trouble getting it without a prescription. Keep in mind that it is technically illegal to do so though.

Tightly controlled would include valium, ritalin, et cetera. Some common medications here, such as vicodin, are generally not available in Tijuana except as black market.

[BajaGringo]

You still might want to get a checkup from a doctor to make sure you aren't in one of the risk factor groups - heart disease, high blood pressure, married over 10 years, etc...

[ChrisCajones]

Personally, I only buy those type of drugs at the Costco in Tijuana. You do not need a prescription to purchase there. They have low prices, I trust the chain of distribution and there is one within walking distance of the border.

I also want to point out that you do not need a prescription in Mexico for these type of drugs because they are sold over the counter and are not considered a controlled drug. It is only the controlled drugs that require a prescription.

[Ekdog]

Personally, I only buy those type of drugs at the Costco in Tijuana. You do not need a prescription to purchase there. They have low prices, I trust the chain of distribution and there is one within walking distance of the border.

I also want to point out that you do not need a prescription in Mexico for these type of drugs because they are sold over the counter and are not considered a controlled drug. It is only the controlled drugs that require a prescription.

Thank you very much indeed for all of your sage advice. Will it be a problem coming back across the U.S. border with a supply of those little blue pills?

[otayBill]

If the supply is small, CBP agents will let carry it through. I've brought antibiotics and other 'harmless' drugs that require a prescription. Never asked for a prescription. Just show it to the agent when he/she asks, 'bringing anything back from Mexico?'

[zunigan]

How about codine? I have a percription for it here but my doctor won/t give me many at a time and there are expensive. I have wondered about getting them there. I would not be taking them across the border except in my pill case. Are these black market also. I know the last time I was down town they were asking if you wanted all kinds of stuff but not at the regular places.

[Chiquito]

Codeine is scheduled and more tightly controlled. Difficult to find in Tijuana you most likely will need to show a prescription to bring it across. Any pain killers in this class and stronger would fall under this.

[ChrisCajones]

Thank you very much indeed for all of your sage advice. Will it be a problem coming back across the U.S. border with a supply of those little blue pills?

No problem..But absolutely declare them...If you do not declare them the customs agents would consider you to be a drug smuggler and thats not a good thing..There is no problem bringing them back across. As long as its only enough for personal use. So bring back less then 5000..

[BajaGringo]

No problem..But absolutely declare them...If you do not declare them the customs agents would consider you to be a drug smuggler and thats not a good thing..There is no problem bringing them back across. As long as its only enough for personal use. So bring back less then 5000..

That may last you for a few weeks...

[Ekdog]

That my last you for a few weeks...

5,000 should last a while, especially if I keep away from the Coahuila area.

[bombero]

Too much fake stuff out there. Your better off going through your health plan here in the states.

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[CB]

ill give you five bucks

[bombero]

I find it amazing what people will do for a hard on. I have friends that have ordered stuff off the internet that comes from Asia and Africa. Who knows what is actually in those pills? I would have to give one to my dog first too make sure it is safe to take.

[bombero]

I saw a sign advertising 4 100mg for $16. Sounds too good to be true.

[Scooby]

Try eating kimchi (i.e. fermented cabbage) everyday for a few weeks and then report back.

[xolotl_tj]

Legally you need a prescription from a Mexican doctor to buy any prescription drug in Mexico. In reality they are separated into loosely controlled and tightly controlled. Viagra would come under the loosely controlled. You will not have too much trouble getting it without a prescription. Keep in mind that it is technically illegal to do so though.

That is not exactly true. There's no law against buying Viagra in Mexico, there's a regulation about selling it. The customer does not need to possess a prescription in order to buy Class IV medications, such as Viagra, but the pharmacy must ensure that the customer has such a prescription or it risks losing its license. Throughout Mexico, though, no one other than a few tourists are concerned about prescriptions for Class IV meds.

Pharmacies have a very powerful lobby along the border and they get to bend a lot of rules. The most notorious one is the requirement that all pharmacies be enclosed by four walls and a door -- take the tourist walk from the border to La Revu and count how many places flout that regulation. Traditional pharmacies are annoyed as hell about it.

I heard that a few months ago the cops started shaking down tourists who were buying Viagra. I don't know if there is any truth to the story. If there is, it's only because tourists are hopelessly gullible about "foreign" countries. I've been in Tijuana for more than thirty years and I've never, ever, needed a prescription to buy a Class IV medication -- I just ask the pharmacist for it and he or she produces it.

Class II and III medications are another story. The pharmacy can get in deep trouble for selling you codeine (class II) or Valium (class III) without a prescription and you would be in criminal violation of the state Health Code for possessing such drugs without the appropriate prescription. During the presidency of Ernesto Zedillo, the Mexican classes II and III started to look more and more like their U.S. counterparts, so nowadays it's a safe bet that whatever is really illegal in the U.S. is also illegal down here.

By and large, though, most medications that require a prescription in the U.S. fall within Class IV down here. When in doubt, look on the side panel of the medication's box to see what Roman numeral its SSA number ends with.

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[xolotl_tj]

How about codine? I have a percription for it here but my doctor won/t give me many at a time and there are expensive. I have wondered about getting them there. I would not be taking them across the border except in my pill case.

To buy codeine here in Mexico, you will need a triplicate prescription written by a Mexican doctor. Many Mexican doctors will write such a prescription, particularly if you show them a current U.S. prescription. But the Mexican police will not accept a U.S. prescription and possession of codeine without a valid prescription is a criminal offense -- state law, state prison, don't even think about it.

Getting the stuff across the border into the U.S. will require a U.S. prescription. The sovereignty of nations and all that. Even so, if you have the bad luck to get one of those Philippino border guards, you might wind up in Guantanamo as some sort of drug terrorist. Scares the hell out of me just thinking about it.

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