Monterrey

I haven't purchased antibiotics for a couple of months, but I remember several weeks after they passed the new laws, I walked into Benevides, and they sold me antibiotics right over the counter, no problem. But, they know me at my particular Benevides store. So, maybe they figured they wouldn't get in any trouble by selling to me without a script. I'll have to try it again, and see if they'll come through.

I was SOOOOO disappointed when they passed that law. It is one of the things that always distinguished Mexico from the US in the best of ways.

In Mexico, you actually had a true sense of freedom compared to the US, the supposed "land of the free." Now, Mexico just wants to emulate the US, both societies becoming incrementally more totalitarian in all that they do, the TSA in the USA being the most recent example, and Mexico's new prescription laws the other.

Lets see, metal detectors are not adequate to find firearms, knives, etc...brought on the airplane. Almost every flight has an armed Air Marshal to intervene where terrorists are concerned with respect to them getting a weapon through. The pilot and co-pilots are armed. The passengers these days would rip terrorists limb to limb if they even bat and eyelash, feeding them their box cutters like they were candy. The door between the cabin and the cockpit can withstand a howitzer attack, etc...

That means that bombs should be the main concern that motivates the TSA to use full body scanners and invasive pat downs, right?

One Question...If bombs are the concern, why don't these damned fools use Dogs? Why do they need to use pat downs and full body scanners? Dogs can smell through almost anything, and their use would not be a violation of of our constitutional protections. We are supposed to be free from unreasonable search and seizure by the government without probable cause.

I love my country, but it is not what it once was, the land of the free. Now Mexico is incrementally losing it's draw with these stupid new laws that further limits our access to freedom. In the past, we could escape to Mexico to get away from all the political correctness, and the other non-sense that exists in US society. Who knows, maybe the next shoe to drop will be "pay for play," in Mexico. It is a slippery slope. Then, where do we go for true FREEDOM?

[QUOTE=Monterreydude]"Hotel": Sheraton Ambassador a good option.

"I prefer salidas and value based girls.": The answer would be Infinito.
1000 (depending on the girl 1500 tops) plus 350 bar fine.

My question to you Mark: Would you like in-call escort services options???

All EDs medicines can still be bought over the counter.
Original and generic.

Vicodin in Monterrey has never been available without a script.
Nor are antibiotics available OTC anymore.

The pharmacy chain Farmacias del Ahorro have free medical consultation, but I just don't know if they will be party to write a script on certain medical pharmacuticals.[/QUOTE]

Well, finally got a steady girlfriend in Monterrey, it's so much easier to find nice women here that it is in the states! I just feel bad because as soon as I leave my girls house, I am out working girl mongering again. One new thing I've noticed is the increased security in all of Mexico, Mexican troops are all over the place. We were stopped a total of 5 times before our bus arrived to Monterrey. The one scary thing I did see were troops burning human remains in the town of Cerralvo. It was surreal! I guess as long as it's the bad guys dying, it's always a good thing. Maybe the troop increase is setting the stage for the final cartel confrontation? For those of you in the dark, the Mexican government has made progress against the Mexican drug cartels! More deaths have occured, but it is usually the bad guys dying. Monterrey is still a dangerous place, just stay alert and aware!

I finally had a chance to find out whether I would be able to obtain antibiotics without first having to obtain a prescription. I've visited several of my regular pharmacies over the last few weeks, and each of them told me that I had to obtain a "Certification" (ie: Prescription) before purchasing antibiotics now.

Before, right after the law passed, they were selling to me without a prescription, no problem. But, they must have had a grace period for the law to take effect because now each of them seems to be following the rules.

So, today I visited one of the clinics, and asked the doctor if I could obtain a prescription for antibiotics so I could purchase them for future use, just in case I would need them if I came down with an infection. The cost of the prescription was 35 pesos. I told the doctor that in the past, I had kept some antibiotics in my casa, and that I had only taken them when the severity of the condition called for Azitromicina in the case of what seemed like a nasal infection, and/or for a severe sore throat, or Erethromicina in the case of what felt like a lingering chest infection. I was sure to explain that I do not use them indiscriminately, or in excess. Only when the condition lingers beyond a reasonable period of time.

I just like to stock pile them for convenience sake. Besides, this whole doctor's visit/prescription thing is a scam in the US, designed to increase business for the doctor, and drive the cost of antibiotics through the roof. The doctor doesn't know anything unless they a do a bacterial culture, which they do not typically do, not even in the US. They look in your throat for 10 seconds, charge you $150 bucks (US) for the privilege, take a trip or two to Bermuda on the drug company every year, and you pay three times more than what the antibiotics cost in other parts of the World. So, I figure my guess is as good as theirs as to whether I have an infection or not. Whom are they trying to kid? I guess Mexican doctors are feeling jealous, and want in on the scam...

The doctor said that things have gotten very tight now in Monterrey with respect to their writing prescriptions, and that they can only do so when the patient actually has symptoms of a condition at the time the prescription is issued.

So, apparently, no bribing your way past the system for the simple cost of an office visit. Frankly, when I heard the law had been passed, I was convinced, it being Mexico, that it would not be too difficult to subvert the system. That's kind of discouraging. I mean, it is Mexico, verdad? What is the world coming to?

Interestingly, when I told my girlfriend what happened, she told me that she thought she could get them for me from her doctor. She was able to go to her doctor and obtain a prescription, which she used to purchase the antibiotics for me. I assure you...she is quite healthy, and has no symptoms of any infection whatsoever.

If you're a visitor to Monterrey, and you don't know people in "low places " :-))), the party's over. No more antibiotics without a prescription. Fortunately, they are not requiring a doctor's prescription for Viagra...yet. But, can that be too far off? I wonder.

[QUOTE=Unspongebob;1103691]If you're a visitor to Monterrey, and you don't know people in "low places " :-))), the party's over. No more antibiotics without a prescription. Fortunately, they are not requiring a doctor's prescription for Viagra...yet. But, can that be too far off? I wonder.[/QUOTE]In Nuevo Laredo there are still (well, as of about 6 months ago at least) , shadetree doctors who will write you a prescription for everything. I wonder if antibiotics are harder to get than the hardcore controlled medications? In any case, I'd be surprised if Viagra becomes controlled any time in the foreseeable future. And if it does, I doubt it will be a difficult prescription to obtain.

[QUOTE=Blourghus;1103713]In Nuevo Laredo there are still (well, as of about 6 months ago at least) , shadetree doctors who will write you a prescription for everything. I wonder if antibiotics are harder to get than the hardcore controlled medications? In any case, I'd be surprised if Viagra becomes controlled any time in the foreseeable future. And if it does, I doubt it will be a difficult prescription to obtain.[/QUOTE]It seems like antibiotics in Monterrey have become as difficult to get at the hard core stuff. But, maybe things are looser in Nuevo Laredo. Chaos rules the border towns, so maybe you can still get the antibiotics over the counter with little difficulty, or at least you can buy a prescription with little or no difficulty.

No, this enforcement of the law started in April with a leeway of 6 months, so officially this started in October, that's why many of you mongers have not noticed it till today.

I had my first encounter with the antibiotics with the "sold only with prescription" last week when I caught a very strong pharyngitis some 3 weeks ago (USB noticed last time he was here) and had my first experience of what happens in America when going to a doctor means taking your time and NOT doing it.

I usually asked my doctor friends what I should buy and take, but since the law became a fact I just let it go without asking, without taking the usual Azitromicina (Zithromax in the US) for the sore throat.

When I finally had a formal check up (last tuesday) the doctor told me that my lungs were starting to be afected by the infection (fluid in the lungs).

So instead of having a "usual" dose of Zithromax for 3 days, I was prescribed a different dose, a stronger one for 4 days and am still on steriods to the day am writing this.

Now I understand what happens in the US and all the medical mess you have over there: instead of buying Azitromicina for 80 pesos on the first instance, it turned out I had to pay 250 pesos for the checkup and 800 pesos in medication.
Quite a big big diference.



[QUOTE=Unspongebob;1104253]It seems like antibiotics in Monterrey have become as difficult to get at the hard core stuff. But, maybe things are looser in Nuevo Laredo. Chaos rules the border towns, so maybe you can still get the antibiotics over the counter with little difficulty, or at least you can buy a prescription with little or no difficulty.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Monterreydude;1104286]Now I understand what happens in the US and all the medical mess you have over there: instead of buying Azitromicina for 80 pesos on the first instance, it turned out I had to pay 250 pesos for the checkup and 800 pesos in medication.Quite a big big diference.[/QUOTE]

And now, yes, the problem is no longer "over there." In Mexico's impatient haste to emulate the US in all that it does, your own politicians have taken another of your freedoms from you. And, it isn't only a matter of stolen freedom. It is a matter of extraordinary escalated cost.

I remember when the price of tortillas went up 5 pesos. There were riots in the streets in Mexico. Imagine now, the price of going to the doctor for regular people, the ones that truly can not afford it, going up by as much as 76% according to your own calculations.

I hope the people bring tremendous pressure upon their politicians to reverse things...And, by the way, 250 pesos is a bargain compared to seeing a doctor in the US. To see a real doctor in the US it costs around $150(US). And, the cost of one package of Zithromax is around $70(US). Soon, the affordable cost of antibiotics will begin to rise for the Mexican people. Work HARD to reverse it NOW, or pay the consequences.

How the Infinito is doing? Can you still get a girl out?

And what is the quality of girls, Is still the same?

I will be there next week and I want to spend some time at that place.

Also I want to visit Marcella and LeBaron.

Zoom

[QUOTE=Zoom 21; 1104602]How the Infinito is doing? Can you still get a girl out?

And what is the quality of girls, Is still the same?

I will be there next week and I want to spend some time at that place.

Also I want to visit Marcella and LeBaron.

Zoom[/QUOTE]

Most girls will take the next few weeks off, especially the ones with kids. Many girls see a decline starting to happen in the numbers of people in the bar this time of year, and they just don't show up to work. You'll probably still find some of the die hard girls there, but it's going to be virtually dead. Most of the girls won't start to return until about the second week of January. The week you're planning to be here will be dead in comparison to normal.

Zoom are you coming in on 31-1st, New Years?

Well don't, everyone shuts down, all clubs MP's, SCs close. The big ones will close Friday and open till Monday.

Infinito will open on the 1st, but to what kind of material. I don't know.

El Cabron tried it once some years ago and boy did he repent on doing it.

[QUOTE=Zoom 21; 1104602]How the Infinito is doing? Can you still get a girl out?

And what is the quality of girls, Is still the same?

I will be there next week and I want to spend some time at that place.

Also I want to visit Marcella and LeBaron.

Zoom[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Monterreydude; 1104716]Zoom are you coming in on 31-1st, New Years?

Well don't, everyone shuts down, all clubs MP's, SCs close. The big ones will close Friday and open till Monday.

Infinito will open on the 1st, but to what kind of material. I don't know.

El Cabron tried it once some years ago and boy did he repent on doing it. [/QUOTE]

Yes, lucky for him, El Cabron had a few of his regulars available that I believe he called upon. And, even with El Cabron's range of connections, I think he was pretty bored most of the time. In a Catholic dominated society, even the girls that are otherwise available to us outside the clubs will be really busy with family, traveling to their home towns, taking their kids to movies, parties, etc...even as committed as some of our closest girls are to us 51 weeks out of the year, the ones with kids will ditch us out of obligation to their children this time of year, and they will not think twice about doing it.

Don't do it Zoom. Save your money...or, fly to somewhere like Indonesia or Thailand where the Holiday influence isn't so strong.

[QUOTE=Unspongebob; 1104843]Yes, lucky for him, El Cabron had a few of his regulars available that I believe he called upon. And, even with El Cabron's range of connections, I think he was pretty bored most of the time. In a Catholic dominated society, even the girls that are otherwise available to us outside the clubs will be really busy with family, traveling to their home towns, taking their kids to movies, parties, etc. Even as committed as some of our closest girls are to us 51 weeks out of the year, the ones with kids will ditch us out of obligation to their children this time of year, and they will not think twice about doing it.

Don't do it Zoom. Save your money. Or, fly to somewhere like Indonesia or Thailand where the Holiday influence isn't so strong. [/QUOTE]Well I guess I'm going to stay in Reynosa with my girlfriend.

Thank you guys.

Zoom

Does anyone here know of a casa de cita for women? I normally use the vivastreet but recently had a bad experience with a male escort who was not what apperaed in the fotos.

I had a good experience with this person. She does couples, women and men.

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News Report. Monterrey still not safe!

[quote]Two police departments in Monterrey, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, have ordered officers to stay at their stations in the wake of attacks that left four law enforcement agents dead and three others wounded, officials said.

Monterrey transit police commanders and officials in the suburb of Guadalupe ordered officers in their departments to not go on patrol.

Police in the neighboring cities of San Nicolas, Apodaca and San Pedro are continuing to patrol the streets, but they are doing so in convoys, spokesmen for the different departments said.

Two transit police officers were murdered and two others wounded Friday night in Monterrey.

The city, home to some of Mexico's largest industrial corporations, plans to request the deployment of more Federal Police officers, Mayor Fernando Larrazabal said Saturday.

Transit police do not have adequate weapons to take on the gunmen employed by the drug cartels that operate in the area, Larrazabal said.

Two officers in Apodaca, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, were murdered last week by gunmen armed with assault rifles.

More than half a dozen attacks have been staged since the beginning of the year on police departments in the area.

The attacks were blamed on drug traffickers who claim the slain officers worked for Los Zetas, considered Mexico's most violent cartel.

Gunmen fired shots and hurled grenades at a prison in Monterrey last week.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Marius 67;1111442]News Report. Monterrey still not safe![/QUOTE]Monterrey and the rest of Mexico is not going to start to "normalize" or to be any "safer" until the Calderon administration leaves office in 2012, the current president is nothing more than a lame duck with a blood soaking fiasco at hand.