| Prescription Drugs & Consumer Products, Getting | | | | clerk assisting an elderly, grouchy expatriate. An |
| It Right In Mexico | | | | expat who may not be super informed of his |
| | | | | drugs. Oh, you say that there is a reference |
| Hello, I am Jon Couch. I am a pharmacist | | | | book on the counter. And there is! And |
| working in Texas and living in Texas and the state | | | | everyone I looked at was out of date, and |
| of Jalisco, Mexico. My interest in prescription | | | | missing pages. |
| drugs in Mexico started in 2004 when our best | | | | So, you see the problem. Every chance for an |
| friends in the world moved to Ajijic, Jalisco, | | | | error is in place! |
| Mexico. During our first visit to Ajijic, I stopped | | | | And with this in mind, I started to gather |
| in a few drug stores (farmacias). And those | | | | information about the top drugs in Canada and |
| visits have lead to all my web site work. For, as | | | | the U.S.A., and relate them to the drugs found in |
| a pharmacist, I know the importance of getting | | | | Mexico. And that is on our site already. But I |
| the information to the patient. All parties must | | | | found that a frequent question was regarding |
| understand what disease state is being treated & | | | | ‘cost.' And you will save money on |
| what drugs are being used! That is why, in the | | | | drugs. But how much will you save & how much |
| U.S.A., a pharmacist MUST be on duty for you to | | | | can you expect to spend? That also is on our |
| pick up a new order. | | | | site now. |
| Of course, the drug delivery system is vastly | | | | In addition, we show price comparisons for |
| different in Mexico. And an excellent job is done | | | | medicines and consumer products from |
| with what is available. But just a few things that | | | | throughout Mexico. I've centered on Guadalajara, |
| are different can interfere with drug treatment. | | | | the 2nd largest city in Mexico, and show the |
| The names of drugs in Mexico can be very | | | | prices, and price range of jup to 3000 items. |
| different, often with up to 75 new names for a | | | | The stores are named, and the prices are |
| drug from back home. And, of course, that | | | | shown. So you now have some basic knowledge |
| crazy language thing! | | | | of what to expect when shopping. |
| Not all of us expatriates speak fluent Spanish, | | | | Please visit our site, learn what you can, and |
| and not all the young clerks in the farmacia speak | | | | perhaps share with us some of your shopping |
| fluent English. Let alone be well versed in drugs | | | | experiences in your new home, Mexico! |
| and diseases. So we find, often, a well meaning | | | | |