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No, it's not.
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gb, #1, is correct. You can't even refill a prescription (Mexican) for Valium.Whoever travels to a new land is always a child. Orson Scott Card
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It used to be. Reulations are much more strict now. I am sure you could talk a farmacy into selling you some, if you found the right one. But I wouldnt recommend it.You only live once.
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The last time Valium was over the counter was in the 80s. I highly doubt any pharmacy anywhere in the Republic would hand it out unprescribed. As for obtaining a prescription, I think there is a 90% chance a doctor will write you one, as long as you "look" respectable. There is a taboo and myth about Valium in Mexico, even among doctors, as it is believed "dangerous". On the other hand they will turn around and write you an RX for Tafil, as Xanax is known in Mexico, without batting an eyelash, where as in actuality the Tafil (Xanax) is much stronger, and more addicting.
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emd1, #5, I think the concierge just found you a farmacia that would sell it to you "under the counter". The price of $30 USD for 10 tabs of Valium is ridiculous. I get a prescription for that amount (about once a year) and it's VERY inexpensive. It's been about a year right now and I don't remember the price the last time, but it wasn't anywhere NEAR that price. I vaguely recall that it was less than $10 USD, but that could be totally wrong, it might have been less than $5 USD.Whoever travels to a new land is always a child. Orson Scott Card
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My understanding, based on my personal experience in the DF in July, is that Valium is available without a prescription in certain pharmacies that are designated to sell it, at least in the D.F.
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No pharmacy is permitted to sell Valium without a prescription. But under certain cicumstances, a licensed pharmacist can write a prescription. I think its not to exceed 10 days or something like that.You only live once.
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I doubt most small pharmacies will even stock diazepam. It was originally developed as a muscle relaxer, so maybe that's why it works for emd1's friend's back pain. A good substitute, which can be legally sold over the counter, is Caridoxen, which is a mild muscle relaxer/pain killer. It is generic Soma. It is naproxeno with carisprodol. I buy it for back pain. 60 pesos for a box of 30 at Similares.(s)Dan
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I just discovered a medicine my doctor assured me would need a script is over the counter. He practiced in the US and retired to Mexico where he alreay had a license. He forgot that so many drugs are available over the counter. I thought it might be over the counter and called the drug store. I am having my medications brought to my door! Wow! A first for me although this is very common in Mexico. Hope I never get so sick I will need a doctor to come to my home although this is also very common in Mexico.norma
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QuoteI remember in La Paz, watching hippies trying to score Rhohypnols from a farmacia and the white smocked pill-dude pulled a card of 20 Valium 10mg's out of the smock pocket and pushed them across the counter, real cool like. Cheap too, like U$5 or $6.
The last time Valium was over the counter was in the 80s.
Pernel S. Thyseldew
'DigThatCrazyFarOutPlanetMan'
"When you are down to a macrame g-string and a monkey on one shoulder and a parrot on the other ...then nobody will steal from you... except the PARROT thieves!"
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"the pharmacist offered her either 20 valium tabs for about $17 or 40 for $35." What is the incentive of buying 40 pills?You only live once.
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norma makes a good point in #11, especially for those who have chronic pain conditions that occasionally require something stronger than Tempra. I have severe back problems that flare up from time to time, and I have started taking prescription pain medicine with me when I go to Mexico. I don't always need it, but if I do, it's there for me. I'm not an expert on pain medication, but I do believe that prescription strength, by U.S. standards, paracetemol, ibuprofen, and naproxen are also available in most Mexican pharmacies. Then there's always gin and aspirin... ;-)(s)Dan
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