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I was in Mexico last year and every single pharmacy had it (including all 12+ of them in the airport in Puerto Vallarta)... not sure if it was legit though as s

by giarc 2y ago

I was in Mexico last year and every single pharmacy had it (including all 12+ of them in the airport in Puerto Vallarta)... not sure if it was legit though as some of the pharmacies have been caught with counterfeit product.

infecto 2y ago
9/10 that's counterfeit. There is no shortgage of semaglutide but there is a shortage of the delivery method. IIRC most of the hit drugs like viagra or ADHD medicine had a high chance of being just meth when bought from a pharmacy in Mexico.
- 93po 2y ago
  viagra is dirt cheap to manufacture, i cannot believe it's commonly swapped with meth of all things, which is also a vasoconstrictor and therefore gives you the opposite intended effect
  - infecto 2y ago
    I should have been clearer. I would most definitely not trust a large number of pharmacies in Mexico. I am sure there is probably a way to get it with a high certainty of quality but in general a lot of drugs are plagued with what I assume to be cartel control. I have seen studies like this in more recent history where they test the purity of Xanax/Adderall/Oxy and there is a decent chance its not pure. I suspect they are not putting meth/fentanyl in viagra but I would find it likely many of the popular tourist drugs are not pure and would not surprise me what they are mixing in with it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/
- kridsdale3 2y ago
  If the atoms in the organic molecule are in the correct place and there isn't much fentanyl or lead in the vial, I'm 100% ok with side-stepping patents and using counterfeit. Or another name I'd use is "market efficiency".
- hombre_fatal 2y ago
  No, generic Viagra/Cialis are just super cheap drugs that Americans overpay for. 28 pills Tadalafil (Cialis) = $30 https://www.farmaciasguadalajara.com/tadalafil-5-mg-28-tabletas-pharmalife-1361694 https://www.farmaciasguadalajara.com/tadalafil-5-mg-28-table... Amphetamine is hard to find in stock legally in Mexico and I've never seen shops claiming to sell that kind of pharmaceutical illegally. Meth pills? Sounds like a myth. Every year Americans go to the border expecting Mexico to have a crazy free for all market for illegal pharmaceuticals and they are always left disappointed. What Mexico is good for are cheap over the counter versions of drugs that are annoying to get in the US like birth control (and dick pills) for no good reason.
  - infecto 2y ago
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/ Disagree, there have been a number of reports of the popular tourist drugs not being pure. In the case of Xanax/Adderall type drugs, they have found Fent/Meth in them. There are a few studies/reports like this over recent history. If the cartel is wanting to control avocados, why not create counterfeit drugs that are not pure? There are definitely many pharmacies that advertise these types of drugs with a handy doctor to write a Rx if its needed.

by giarc 2y ago

infecto 2y ago

9/10 that's counterfeit. There is no shortgage of semaglutide but there is a shortage of the delivery method. IIRC most of the hit drugs like viagra or ADHD medicine had a high chance of being just meth when bought from a pharmacy in Mexico.

93po 2y ago
viagra is dirt cheap to manufacture, i cannot believe it's commonly swapped with meth of all things, which is also a vasoconstrictor and therefore gives you the opposite intended effect
- infecto 2y ago
  I should have been clearer. I would most definitely not trust a large number of pharmacies in Mexico. I am sure there is probably a way to get it with a high certainty of quality but in general a lot of drugs are plagued with what I assume to be cartel control. I have seen studies like this in more recent history where they test the purity of Xanax/Adderall/Oxy and there is a decent chance its not pure. I suspect they are not putting meth/fentanyl in viagra but I would find it likely many of the popular tourist drugs are not pure and would not surprise me what they are mixing in with it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/
kridsdale3 2y ago
If the atoms in the organic molecule are in the correct place and there isn't much fentanyl or lead in the vial, I'm 100% ok with side-stepping patents and using counterfeit. Or another name I'd use is "market efficiency".
hombre_fatal 2y ago
No, generic Viagra/Cialis are just super cheap drugs that Americans overpay for. 28 pills Tadalafil (Cialis) = $30 https://www.farmaciasguadalajara.com/tadalafil-5-mg-28-tabletas-pharmalife-1361694 https://www.farmaciasguadalajara.com/tadalafil-5-mg-28-table... Amphetamine is hard to find in stock legally in Mexico and I've never seen shops claiming to sell that kind of pharmaceutical illegally. Meth pills? Sounds like a myth. Every year Americans go to the border expecting Mexico to have a crazy free for all market for illegal pharmaceuticals and they are always left disappointed. What Mexico is good for are cheap over the counter versions of drugs that are annoying to get in the US like birth control (and dick pills) for no good reason.
- infecto 2y ago
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901047/ Disagree, there have been a number of reports of the popular tourist drugs not being pure. In the case of Xanax/Adderall type drugs, they have found Fent/Meth in them. There are a few studies/reports like this over recent history. If the cartel is wanting to control avocados, why not create counterfeit drugs that are not pure? There are definitely many pharmacies that advertise these types of drugs with a handy doctor to write a Rx if its needed.