I realized, just recently, why a family member, who passed away a number of years ago, always had a box full of medications from México.
It’s because so many meds are sold over the counter, (which are only sold via a prescription in the US), that a pharmacist, or even a pharmacy assistant, never put their hands on except to put them in a bag, and ring them up at the register.
I would imagine that prescribed meds are put in actual bottles. If they are bought, as I indicated, OTC, they are left in the boxes in which they were received by the pharmacy, as in the above photo.
Each box of Ivan’s Metoprolol is enough for 20 days, and cost us $30MXN/box; the above 5ish month supply of his B/P meds costing us $240MXN, or $13.93USD. And, my 6 month supply of the Lisinopril, which I am just now finding in Walmart, was $438MXN, or $25.41USD.
This past October of 2023, I purchased 15 boxes of Hydrochlorothiazide, (sold in sets of 3 boxes for $89MXN) for a total of $445MXN, or $25.82USD, which will last us for just over 5 months. Not bad, heh?
I feel that the cost is so much less because no one is having to process the meds; you do it yourself, at home, when you open the boxes yourself. You buy what you need, you take it home, and you do with it whatever you wish. Cutting out all of the middle men keeps the cost to a minimum.
Not much else to impart tonite so I’ll see you again in a couple of days.
Until then, stay happy, healthy, and safe. Wash, cover, and protect yourselves.