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Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Prescription drugs
From: Rick Bradshaw (rbradsh2@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Dec 11 2002 - 10:09:11 EST
John,
Thanks for your reply. I think that will help for some things but not all.
I recently had a prescription go beyond the expiration about 5-6
months. Because I had some (quite a bit) left, I continued to use it.
It's a compounded topical cream and I use only a little of it daily
and the jar is kind of large. The result was that the condition that
I was treating, and had kept at bay for about 2 years, began to come
back. When I realized what was happening and started to use a new,
within date, container, it stopped and has slowly been getting
better. The window of use for this is only about 6 months but the jar
is good enough for about a year or more of use for me.
Perhaps this was all because this is a compounded prescription and
not one that is readily available from a drug company in a
pill/capsule form. (Between my wife and I, we have about three or
four such things that we use either continually or from
time-to-time.) Presuming that is the case and knowing that not all
pharmacies are compounding pharmacies, what then? As we get away from
more modern pharmacies we get away from these "conveniences" and into
a different world.
Just as a for instance, I understand the PDR (Physician's Desk
Reference) in Mexico is quite thin (approx one half inch thick) and
relatively few drugs are referenced while the PDR in the U.S. is a
two or three inches thick, if not thicker. If we have some
prescriptions that are not in their abridged PDR, therefore probably
not available, or are compounded, what do we fall back on?
Perhaps I'm "making a mountain out of a mole hill" and not
understanding what the pharmacies abroad are like these days. I've
lived abroad for relatively long terms in the past (last time was
almost 18 years ago now) but I never needed to avail myself of their
services in this area. Perhaps the world has caught up and I'm in a
time warp with memories of the past?
Thanks.
Rick
>My Drs. say that most drugs are good for 2 years, despite exp. dates.
>
> Do *not* photocopy your prescriptions - it's illegal to do so. Ask your Dr.
>to give you 2 originals - get one filled and take the other with you.
>Prescriptions should be understood by pharmacists worldwide .
>
>John
>
>"I've spent most of my money on women and sailing -- the rest, I've just
>wasted."
>
>
>In a message dated 12/10/2002 5:33:15 PM Atlantic Standard Time,
>rbradsh2@XXX.XXX writes:
>
>> Do you get a huge bottle of pills for 6 months or a year and
>> have to account for them in some way at every port or what? How do
> > you all handle this?
>>
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