xanaxor
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i live in texas kinda buy the mexico border and i ACTUALLY DO have a prescripton for xanax, well its xanax xr 2mg, but they are extremely expensive (a 15 day supply is 44.50 from HEB Rx). what do i need to know about going to mexico and bringing back some xanax, even if it is not the XR
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lnd4508
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I have a friend who went over there and purchased some v's for me w/o a prescription (slipped the pharmacist a fiver for the script). She claims you can bring a 90 day supply for personal use, but must declare them at the border (that part makes me nervous). Although, she spoke the language, so if you don't, I'd take someone with me who does.
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digitalone
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I woldn't be nervous if you're declaring it. I would be if you weren't though. You're being honest and the worst they could do is seize it and move you along. Good luck and please let us know what goes on.
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twister
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I have gone to Mexico (also from TX) and bought meds and brought them back. As long as you only have a 90 day supply and declare them at the border you shouldn't have any problems. Worst that could happen is that they would get seized but that has never happened to me.
Also, and this may depend on where you are entering from, but there is usually a line of guys that will take you to a pharmacy or whatever you are looking for for just a few dollars. Most of the pharmacies over there have "staff" doctors that write the scripts.
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xanaxor
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well it just so happens im going with my friend who is mexican and can speak the language well, so i think ill be cool.
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lnd4508
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Sounds like you're good to go. Let us know how it turns out.
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kimbell1
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I too live in Texas and have been to Mexico.
Save your trip unless you will be satisfied with Tylenol 3 or valuim.
Sometimes you can get something stronger. I have gotten percodan once and another time I was offerred Oxy but it was $12.00 a pill. To much for me.
Mexican drugs have erratic qualities. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't.
Lastly, forget about any great 'deals' on drugs. Mexico has a two price system-one for natives and one for gringos.
But if you must go, do go to one of the 'doctors' near the pharmacies. At least you can take the prescription though customs and while some pharmacies will sell without one of these prescriptions, they charge more-i.e. they usually double the price without the perscription. so play it safe if you go.
Tylenol 3 is better than nothing. But I would not journey a long distance to try Mexico.
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snickers
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What kinda of price did you pay for the V's and Ty-3's? And what were they called in Mexico, thatis, Diazepam 10mg, 5mg, and so-on
Snickers
Send a PM if you need to. Much Thanks
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snickers
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lnd4508,
Was that a fiver ($5.00) to the pharmacist for a script? What border did they go thru, please send me a PM, if you can. 
Snickers Says, Much Thanks, in advance!!!!!
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snickers
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twister,
Just wondering, if you declare them at the border on the way back, don't you have to show them some type of script?
Thanx,
Snicker's
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lnd4508
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I wasn't with her but this is what I remember her telling me. She actually took a friend to get her something I don't remember, prozac or something like that. I think it was actually more than one thing she wanted. Her friend has no insurance, see. That may not be it but it was some kind of maintenance med she took. So since she was going anyway because they were visting family on the Texas border around a holiday and she speaks the language, I said pick me up some valium. She said she went the to the pharmacy and said she wanted some valium. He said he needed a script. She pulled out the money ($5 or $10) and said can't you just write me one? He sighed, did it. She declared it at the border, no problems. This has been a while, but post 9/11. I don't know what the pecos is to the dollar now but I think she got 90 for about $35 plus whatever she gave the pharmacist.
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kittykatbone
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i posted this on the VIP side a few months ago ~ HOPE IT HELPS! 
hi. i was looking here for info last week on TJ farmacias. i crossed in yesterday around noon, & just got back to LA last nite.
here's what i found in legit farmacias within walking distance from the border ~ 2 bottles (50 tabs each) of Somacid (350 mg carisoprodol) for $46, totally legal to buy OTC & carry into the states with no script. i also brought an old bottle of 1mg Lorazepam to see if i could get refilled. no problemo, i forget the price but they were close to $.75 per pill. the pharmacist was even nice enough to individually take them all out of the foil wrappers & place them in my old bottle so i had no trouble at the border ~ VERY COOL!
as far as pain meds go, they are readily available in SOME farmacias without a script, but the prices are quite high. being that hydro is a US product, therefore imprted to mexico for sale, you can expect to pay approx $5 for a Watson 7.5/500, or $7 for the 10/500. oxycontin varied from $55-70 for ONE 80mg pill & $30 for a 40mg (since the US government has cracked down on control of these). also available was a small round yellow pill of morphine (dilaudid?) for $25 ~ they said either 4 or 40mg, i cant quite remember how they are rated. also, everyplace has Tylex (equal to a tylenol #3), 30 tabs for around $50.
ONE THING TO BE AWARE OF WHEN SHOPPING IN TJ ~ lots of bicycle cops patrolling in pairs. if they see you go in & out of a farmacia they may stop you & ask for ID & what you were looking to buy. after my first attempt (i left the farmacia empty handed) i was stopped & checked out. i showed the officers my old bottles & stated i was just trying to get refills. they were very nice & let me go about my way. BUT if i had purchased anything that required a mexican script (tylex, lorazepam, oxy, morphine, etc) i would have had a bad experience with the mexican jail system! i have read that some farmacias are corrupt & work in cahoots with the cops to catch the occasional gringo with illegal meds. if you don't have an old US bottle to put the goods in, its definately best to go the safe route & pay an extra $25 (or so) dollars for a mexican script so you can carry the stuff around without worry. BUT that doesn't mean you can take mex scrips across the border without a US doctors script! (that is another thread entirely!)
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING OFF OF ANYONE ON THE STREET!!! the legit farmacias will have everything you need.
crossing the border in was no hassle. on the way out was really no hassle either (xcept for the line that stretched a mile long in the baking hot sun, & took about an hour to get through). since i was just doing the refill thing i wasn't worried ~ i had kept my old bottles & receipt for the Somas just in case. they x-rayed my bag & sent it right on through. nobody even asked if i had anything to declare (first time thats happened!)
so yes a daytrip to TJ can be enjoyable ~ not only for the meds, but to soak up the culture & buy some cheap trinkets, etc.
i did not know this before hand, but apparently this past weekend was election weekend in Mexico. that means NO SALE OF ALCOHOL AT ALL ANYWHERE! imagine that, in TJ! needless to say that law alone helped to keep the crowds down.
i hope this info can help some peeps in need. just remember to play it smart if going down there.
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xanaxor
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well i just got back, i found a farmacia that would sell me xanax with no script (well she took an extra 20 dollars and walked and got a script for me and came back with my copy. i got to the border and declaired it and told them my situation why i needed it and they said ok but next time im only allowed to bring 50 pills of a controlled substance at a time, and this xanax (tafil was the mex name). i had 60 1.0mg pills and said hed let it slide this time since i explained my situation why i needed em and i had a valid script bottle with refills on it from american pharmacy (HEB). he also told me if i needed more just rent a hotel room, cross the border, get 50, come back declair it and go back to mexico and get more. he to me to do this as many times as money would allow me and he really didnt care as long as i had 50 pills at a time and declared it each time. this was a US Customs Agent, pretty cool understanding guy. so i guess that 90 days supply thing doesnt fly in del rio-acuna.
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Billyl
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That is because the is no 90 day supply rule when it comes to any scheduled medications. The law is 50 units. The border agent was correct. Take care. Billylll
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prettyday
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I went by myself. Not only did I not find what I was looking for, I found three men over two days I was not looking for. I limped across the border on bloody feet; I never said a word. It was my fault. A single woman in a port town looking for pain meds is a slowly moving duck decoy. There are worse things than losing your meds at the border; they are fearing for your life and doing anything to stay alive.
Do not take chances. This is the last time I will say this.
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kittykatbone
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PrettyDay ~ can you elaborate a little bit on your experience? i'm really curious as to what happened to you. you can PM me if you don't care to publicly post, but it could be helpful info for others making the same trip (which many here have tried, or are planning on trying, i'm sure) THANXXX louis
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prettyday
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Yes, I can but you are not going to like it. Trust me on this.
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prettyday
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Okay, I have things I need to do today, so maybe I'll make this short and come back later.
I have been to Rosarito, Tijuana, Ensenada, Puerto Nuevo, 100s of times.
I love Baja California.
I love Puerta Vallarta.
I was in TJ by myself to simultaneously seek out a faith healer in a side street (oh yeah, I tried everything) and to look for Oxycontin. So I was staying very sober. I was taken to a part of Tijuana that was scheduled for demolition. No one lived there; I would never have been found. At least I could have provided food for some of the animals I suppose. It took two maybe three days, I can't remember. The details of what happened? Let's just say I am no longer scared of going to prison. You follow?
My one dreadful experience in TJ did not keep me out of the country. The way I look at it this whole world is everyone's turf and I'll go where I feel like it. Now if I feel like I'll get shot, dismembered, or come down with dengue fever, I will probably NOT feel like going there.
TJ just used to be different. You don't know me, but you can take my word for it. They are sick of being seen as the reason our teenagers and horny married men seek out sin and liquor. They are sick of their good women being harassed. They are sick of us needing drugs we can't get back home, and working them down on the price while they break a law.
Mexico is a beautiful place. Someday, hopefully without a bloody revolution, this will all be one continent from Canada down to South America, and we will all look at each other as equal partners in free enterprise, capitalism, and ethical business practices. This day is coming.
Until then.
Don't go to TJ anymore to get blasted and buy Valium.
I see so many of my former friends still make pilgrimages to do this, and then scream at the customs guy when they are picked out for weaving. Actually I did not see that, so you see I am taking my own advice. I just have heard about it like it was the greatest injustice ever. PLEASE!!!
But just to go down with a bunch of friends and a money belt:
The Dance Clubs are great!!!! Pick a driver who doesn't drink. If one more California Highway Patrolman with a family loses his life because "we jush wanned a lil fun", I fear the offender will be shot on the spot.
TJ is also one of the most glamourous knockoff shopping towns around, with Italian cosmetics, couture, Oaxacan objets d'art, and beautiful handmade Mexican leather and textiles.
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Edited by prettyday (08/31/03 01:53 PM)
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kittykatbone
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i would definately recommend NOT straying off of the touristy main paths (more than 2 blocks off of Revolution Ave) for a man OR woman alone. i commend you're guts to travel to anywhere you darn well please, but like it or not we just should not go some places.
prettyday ~ all of your observations about how americans are viewed is pretty right on. to them, we have everything & they have nothing. they love the gringo's ca$h, but thats about it. because of the lawlessness of some of it's citizens & the corruption of many of the police ~ it can be a very dangerous place. HERE we have laws that we know will protect us from thugs & theives. i live in Los Angeles along with a heavy latino population. in my neighborhood as well as most of the affordable ones, i am in the minority (white). however, i don't find there to be much racial tension between these two cultures. i love the multiculturalism that L.A. has to offer. however we have laws that generally work to keep offending people seperated from the rest. in TJ or any other part of Mexico ~ the laws are not so black & white for everyone. anti americanism is usually very high in some countries & the penalties may be stiffer for gringos than locals.
i don't go to TJ with the party frame of mind. i want to get my meds, do a little shopping, & get the heck back across the border before nightfall. end of story. straying off the main routes because you think you have 'freedom & rights' is not such a good idea. heck, even in parts of my town i feel this way. traveling at LEAST with one other person is definately the way to go.
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prettyday
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And I want to post openly that I did not mean that you, kittykatbone, (love that nick) or anyone else goes to Baja simply to find mind altering substances. My goodness the elderly down there would be lost without the option of the pharmacias.
I have respect for everyone's reason to venture there.
And incidentally, if for some that does include indulging some proclivity they prefer to keep in a border town, I say, go! and be safe, but feel guiltless in your adult needs; I think every country needs an Amsterdam of some sort within reach.
Oh, and you are also right about this. I didn't believe in standing up and demanding my freedom and rights regardless of location either.
And in this day and age, that is a moot point. Watching one's back and leaving the gold rings and such at home when traveling in places where people are hungry and have worries feeding their children, is not only wise, but courteous as well.
You made excellent points in your post. Thank you for it.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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Edited by prettyday (09/01/03 12:44 PM)
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Opie_Yates
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When I visit TJ, I take off my gold necklace and gold wedding band, head straight to the back of the plaza just off to the right with my blinders on, visit my old reliable kid at the farmacia at the back wall of the plaza. I get my 30 2 mg Tafil (Mex. brand name Xanaz), 90 10 mg brand Valium, 120 generic Prilosec, a two pack of 50 Collins brand somas, 40 1 mg Klonopins, pay my $180, cram the pockets of my loose jeans, buy a couple of leather hats, and get the hell out. Total time in TJ and crossing the border back. Generally 1 and 1/4 hours. I get in, and get THE HELL out of that place. We seem to have an understanding that way.
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lnd4508
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I can only say I have second-hand knowledge about entering on the El Paso side via Juarez. DO NOT GO ALONE. Pre-9/11, my father (who was just there for bargain shopping) had to walk a very scared, very alone American female back over the border who admitted she had no idea what she had gotten herself into. There is strength in numbers! Never have money in your pockets or anyplace obvious. Shoes are good, but still not very safe. I don't care if you are going for meds, to shop or any other purpose. It's not worth your well-being or possibly your life.
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qbird
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I also want to add since I am a Texan and go to Mexico every once in a while what everyone else is saying. Don't go alone!! Especially if you are a woman. It is really a different type of environment than the US, I just don't feel safe there. I usually go down there and shop and take in some of the sights in the daytime and always with friends or family. I do know of people who have been arrested for purchasing a large quantity of controlled meds so be careful, it happens.
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