pharmacuticals near Nueva Laredo (loss of insurance need)

[purpleglitter]

Hi
I recently lost my insurance (thank you US healthcare). I live about an hour north of the Mexican border and I am willing to travel down there because I can not afford $300 for a month's supply of my meds: Ambien and Tiagabine. I have heard lots of rumors about what is OTC and cheap in Mexico; or how to go to a (low cost) Mexican doctor. I need to get my anti seizure medication and something to sleep (because it wires my brain.)

The US govt doesn't seem to care that big-pharma is ripping me off, so I am willing to cross the border if I need to.

I have heard various things - that Carisporidol (soma) is OTC and easy to obtain in Mexico and that it would be a good sleep med alternative. What about an anti seizure med like Tiagabine (gabitril?). Would someone give me the 411 on what to do?

I am not looking to get high or OD (or get shot) here. I just need to find cheaper meds so that I can stay alive until I find insurance.

Thank you
-Desperate in South Texas

 

[Kittycat5]

Have you or are you on other seizure meds? Generic ambien is really cheap so I dont think you need to go to Mexico immediately for it. Will your doctor not give you scripts or work with you?

 

[purpleglitter]

I have a script ambien generic = 50 for a month supply (a days pay cheap to me ). Gabitril = 240.00 for a month. I just don't have that kind of cash, I can't do one without the other. I am single and applying for assistance. I make near the cutoff and I am down to a place to live vs. my meds. Sorry to sound so hard luck. I went to a good college, and had a good job until the economy crashed. A single seizure landed me a 10,000+ medical bill from the ER which is sucking up all my "extra cash". I hear people talk about cheap RX from Canada and Mexico all the time. I guess I lived a sheltered life. I am planning a border trip next week (I have to wait until payday for gas money, Totally sad!) If I could secure cheap meds in mexico for a few months, I would finally have some breathing room.

 

[purpleglitter]

... and I will be running out of refills soon (2 left on each). My insurance co-pay was 25 for dr. visit. I don't even want to think about what it is without it. But that is a worry for another day.

 

[brutus]

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