Mailin' my meds to me

[RVGRINGO]

Yes, it is 75% with my company. Aetna may be different, so you should check with them. Often, pharmacies, even the big ones, carry very low stock of any one item, since they can re-supply daily. As such, you can order the day before and hope the get it in for you.........Mañana.
The system in the USA makes the very word 'insurance' a joke; and not a very funny one.

[cheldear]

Here's the lowdown.

Mailboxes, Etc. is now owned by The UPS Store. It's actually not as simple as them having a license to mail meds.

You have to do a lot of prelim work on the front and it's near impossible for one to do it and get it all approved.

You have to have your doctor call the Mexican Consulate, talk to them about your meds, submit a bunch of stuff, go through their red tape and get it approved.

After that, you have to submit a massive amount of forms and get those approved.

After that, then the UPS store can do their thing, but it is prohibitively expensive, as mentioned here earlier.

So bottom line, the legal way to send meds is almost impossible to do, and EXTREMELY expensive, and your doctor is probably going to get cranky about talking to the consulate and jumping through their hoops.

[MangoMike]

Is there a limit to the number of months worth of a prescription you can bring to Mexico at once if you drive in? I believe I can get up to 12 months worth at a time NOB.
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[cheldear]

I imagine that as long as you have a valid prescription written for the entire length of the prescribed medication you are carrying, you can bring it in...

I can only get three months at a time per my insurance, which is why I talk about three months specifically in this thread.

If my insurance let me fill 12 months and my script called for 12 months, I would imagine that I could bring 12 months in with me. I wish I had that type of insurance.

I know my aunt brings in one prescription that is sufficient for two years' worth of medication when she comes to the states from time to time. But she pays for it out of pocket, so she just gets the script from the guy, he writes it for X amount, and she fills it and brings it back. It's not like you can **tell** that is' a 2 year long prescription or anything. It's just XXX number of pills.

[heather.agustin]

I am a diabetic and am moving to mexico with my husband, here in the U.S. im on medicare and i know i can not use it in Mexico. I live in T.X. and have family that can send to me. But can you send medical supplies through the mail without getting in any kind of trouble? Does anyone know how much it cost for novolog insulin in mexico? thanks for any help you might be able to give.