Celebrex is approved and licensed for sale under its original name in Mexico. There may be generic and alternative packagers. The generic name for Celebrex is celecoxib. The obvious first place to check would be any of the "big box" stores, where it will probably be less expensive than at one of the stand-alone chain pharmacies. It will also probably less expensive than in the US as well, excepting for insurance coverage. And not to hijack your thread, but you would think that US insurers would be happy to reimburse us for drugs and treatment here in Mexico. Despite pilot programs just starting to crank up, for the most part it doesn't happen. One wonders why?
Walmart's also stocks some generics, and has competitive prices, at least on the things I've bought there.
Nothing wrong with Dr. Simi in my book either - cheap prices and you get to listen to incredibly loud music blasting out the front of the store.
Walmart is one of the examples that I meant by "big-box" stores, as are Costco, Sams, Soriana and Mega. Lately I've been conflicted about recommending Walmart because of my Eastern Liberal mindset and because compared to their NOB operations, the Cancun stores and particularly the one in Centro, are such unmitigated disasters. While the Superama operation out on Tulum is of an order of magnitude better than the 3 Walmarts, (no endless, distorted loudspeaker announcements, no 30 televisions, each playing a different show at +11 volume, no shelf stockers completely blocking an aisle and unaware you'd like to pass) after a good start, even their ideas of inventory management are slipping back towards Walmart standards (or lack thereof). It's infuriating. Sorry...end of rant.
Not to continue any hjacking either but along the same line, came across this: Friday, October 09, 2009 Expat Tax? [Tevi Troy] My friend Grayson Levy has an interesting post[http://tinyurl.com/yjq9pxo] at the Future of Capitalism asking whether proposed health-insurance mandates, and therefore the penalties for not showing proof of acceptable insurance, would apply to expatriates. Grayson, who lives in Israel, has good reason to be concerned. He has looked extensively into the issue and has seen no indication thus far that expats would be exempted from the requirement. An exemption would seem to be the way to go on this, but even an exemption does not solve the problem. Providing documentation for eligibility would be somewhat cumbersome, and raises the tricky question of whether the U.S. government would accept insurance from some countries and not from others. An exemption could also serve as as a possible loophole for non-expats trying to get out of the mandate. I wonder if the IRS has enough staff to handle this one. http://tinyurl.com/ykn4w8g Just one more thing to think/worry about it seems.
